MHET 2/2, 133 (P481376)
Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 017369Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (inheritance)Language(s)
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-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 5(iku) _a-sza3_ i-na _esz2-gar3_
2. 3(iku) _iku a-sza3_ i-na ta-wi-ra-tim il-ta-nu
3. _e2_-tum be-la-kum
4. ma-la ma-s,u2-u2
5. szu-ba-at be-la-kum x [...]
6. sza ra-bu-ut-sin
7. _szu-nigin2 1(esz3) 2(iku)# iku a-sza3 u3 e2_
8. zi-ti ra-bu-ut-sin
9. sza ut-<ti> i-di-szi-im a-hi-[szu]
10. i-zu-zu2-u2 zi-zu ga-am#-[ru-um]
11. u2-ul i-tu-ru-u2-ma
12. a-hu-um a-na a-hi-im
13. u2-ul i-ra-ga-am#
14. _mu_ {d}utu {d}amar-utu
seal impression
reverse
1. {disz}ha#-am-mu-ra-pi2
2. u3# _iri_ zimbir{ki}
3. _[in]-pa3-de3#-[mesz]_
4. [...] x x x [...]
5. [...] x-ia _dumu_ sin-re#-[...]
n lines broken
1'. [...] sin-x-x-x _dumu_ x [...]
2'. _igi_ {d}utu#-sipa
3'. _dumu_ lu-x-x-[...]
4'. _igi_ {d}utu-dingir _dumu_ sin-ia-tum
5'. _igi_ ta-ri-bu-um _dumu_ qu2-ru-sa
top
seal impression
left
1. _igi_ sin-i-din-nam _dumu#_ [...]
2. _igi_ im-gu-ia _igi_ DINGIR# [...] ra-ma-ti
seal impression
seal 1
1. [...] x sza/ta-tum
2. _dumu_ en-nim-tu-tu
3. _ARAD_ {d}utu {d}a-a
seal 2
1. [...] x [...]
2. _dumu_ {d}suen-[...]
3. _ARAD_ {d}[...]
4. u3 {d}[...]
seal 3
1. [...]
2. _dumu_ x [...]
3. _ARAD_ {d}utu [...]
seal 4
1. dingir-pi4-{d}[a-a]
2. _sanga {d}utu_
3. _dumu_ ARAD-{d}suen
4. _ARAD_ {d}a-a
seal 5
1. [e-tel-pi4-{d}na-bi-um]
2. _dumu_ sza-lim-pa-le-e-[szu]
3. _ARAD_ {d}na-bi-[um]
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Legal (inheritance)
- Language(s):
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primary: MHET 2/2, 133
[Dekiere1994MHET2/2] Dekiere, Luc. 1994. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 2: Documents from the Reign of Hammurabi. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.
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history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 360
[Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.
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- Museum No.: BM 017369
- Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0083
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.00.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2018-08-16 at 17:31:03 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2018-07-26 at 12:40:25 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Atf | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2015-08-23 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.17369) (BM.17369)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1894-0115-83) (W_1894-0115-83)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
Cite this Artifact
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note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-24]},
year = {2024},
month = {jun 14},
title = {MHET 2/2, 133 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P481376},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481376},
}
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