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MHET 2/4, 555 (P509934)

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, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 087292 + BM 087337

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [u3] i-ta _a-sza3_ [...]
2. _[sag]-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma_ {i7}gu#-[...]
3. _sag#-bi 2(disz)-kam a-gar3_ bu-[...]
4. _[a]-sza3#_ i-na-sza3-ir-szi-it _lukur_ {d}utu _dumu-munus_ ARAD-[...]
5. _ki_ i-na-sza3-ir-szi-it _lukur_ {d}utu
6. be-el-ti _a-sza3_
7. {disz}a-wi-il-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}utu#
8. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim
9. a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
10. u2-sze-s,i
11. _u4 buru14-sze3_
12. _1(bur3) GAN2 1(disz)-e 8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu
13. [...] _gu2#-un a-sza3_-szu#
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. _iti sig4-a u4 3(u)-kam_
2'. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan-a-ni du10-bi i3!-musz3!-a {d}pap-nun-na nun sza3!-asz!-gub_

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/4, 555

[Dekiere1995MHET2/4] Dekiere, Luc. 1995. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 4: Post-Samsu-Iluna Documents. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 087292 + BM 087337
Accession No.: 1900-10-13, 0072 + 1900-10-13, 0117

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ammi-saduqa.17+b.03.30
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2018-09-23 at 08:16:30	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/4, 555 Artifact Entry.” 2018. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 30, 2018. https://cdli.earth/P509934.

MHET 2/4, 555 artifact entry (No. P509934). (2018, May 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509934

MHET 2/4, 555 artifact entry (2018) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509934 (Accessed: December 10, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-10]},
	year = {2018},
	month = {may 30},
	title = {MHET 2/4, 555 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509934},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509934},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/4, 555 Artifact Entry.” 2018. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 30, 2018. https://cdli.earth/P509934.

MHET 2/4, 555 artifact entry (No. P509934). (2018, May 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509934

MHET 2/4, 555 artifact entry (2018) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509934 (Accessed: December 10, 2025).

@misc{2018MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-10]},
	year = {2018},
	month = {may 30},
	title = {MHET 2/4, 555 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509934},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509934},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2018/5/30/
PY  - 2018
ID  - P509934
LB  - CDLI:P509934
M1  - 2025/12/10/
TI  - MHET 2/4, 555 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P509934
ER  -