MHET 2/2, 318 (P481587)

Business / Contracts 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, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 016987

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Adoption)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [_ibila_ geme2-{d}utu] _lukur# {d}utu_
2. [_dumu-munus_] i-din-{d}nin-szubur
3. [sza]-at-{d}a-a _lukur {d}utu_
4. [_dumu]-munus_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
5. [re]-di-it wa-ar-ka-ti-sza
6. [...] _sar e2 du3-a_ i-na ga-gi-im
7. [_da] e2_ i-na-sza-er-szi-it
8. _dumu#-munus_ {d}amar-utu-na-s,ir bi-ri-tum
9. u3 _da e2_ ta-[ad*-di*-in*]-nu _dumu-munus_ sin-ga-mil
10. _sag-bi e2_ [ta*-ad*-di*-in*]-nu _dumu-munus_ sin-ga-mil bi-ri#-[...]
11. _sag-bi_ [...] x
12. {disz}geme2-be-el-tim# [...]-re-me-ni
13. mi-im-ma sza geme2-{d}utu ir-szu-u2
14. u3# i-ra-asz-szu-u2
15. sza# sza-at-{d}a-a-ma
16. [n] 1(gesz2) 1(asz) _gur zi3-da szuku_
17. [n] 2(gesz2) 2(asz) _gur kasz_ ma-asz-ti-tum
  Dekiere reads: [x+]1.1.0.0 gur and [x+]2.2.0.0 gur
reverse
1. [n] 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar siki*-ba_
2. 6(disz) _sila3 i3-ba_ i-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
3. [...] {disz}dingir-szu-ba-ni a-ba sza-at-{d}a-a
4. a-na geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ i-din-{d}nin-szubur
5. i-na-ad-di-in
6. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
7. u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 it-mu-u2
8. _igi_ dingir-pi4-{d}a-a _sanga# {d}utu_
9. _igi_ sin-ba-ni _igi_ bur-nu-nu
10. [_igi_] {d}nanna-tum _ugula lukur# {d}utu_
11. [_igi_] u2-s,ur-me-e-{d}utu# [...]
12. [...] x x x [...]
13. [...]-i-bi-[...]
14. [...] i-x [...]
15. [...] x [...]
left
1. [...] x x x x
  (* collations of Woestenburg AfO 44/45 353, who dates to ca. Ha 34 on prosopographical grounds)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (Adoption)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P481587

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 016987
Accession Number 1892-07-09, 0103

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.16987
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1892-0709-103

References

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 318

    [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.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 389-390

    [Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.

  • collation: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 353 (coll.)

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-10-08 at 20:29:45 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2018-09-17 at 12:06:44 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2018-09-14 at 14:09:57 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2015-08-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 318 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481587.
MHET 2/2, 318 artifact entry (No. P481587). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481587 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 318 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481587 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481587},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 318 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481587.
MHET 2/2, 318 artifact entry (No. P481587). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481587 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 318 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481587 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 318 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481587},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481587},
}


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