MHET 2/5, 567 (P509945)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 016485

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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tablet
obverse
1. _4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ zi-ti na-ka-ru-um
2. i-na sza ia-gu-ni-im
3. i-ta ra-ma-mi-ia
4. _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_
5. i-na sza ia-gu-ni-im
6. i-ta ra-ma-mi-ia
7. u3 {d}suen-i-din-nam
8. _dumu_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am
9. mi-im-ma an-ni-im
10. {disz}{d}suen-dingir
11. a-na geme2-{d}utu
12. i-di-in
reverse
1. _igi_ li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2
2. _igi_ {d}suen-en-nam
3. _igi_ {d}nin-szubur-ba-ni
4. _igi_ {d}iszkur-re-me-ni
5. _igi_ bu-la-lum
6. _igi_ na-ka-ru-um
7. _dumu_ sin-e-ri-ba-am
8. _igi_ ip-qa3-ti!-ia
9. _igi_ da-la-qum
10. _dumu_ la-lu-um
left
1. _igi_ e-ri-du-um _igi_ im-gur-ru _igi_ kur-ru-szu#
2. _igi_ a-lu-bu-um _igi_ ib-ni-sin _igi_ mu-tu-dingir

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/5, 567

    [Dekiere1996MHET2/5] Dekiere, Luc. 1996. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 5: Documents without Date or with Date Lost. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 414

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

  • collation: AfO 44/45, p. 356-360, p. 356 (coll.)

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/5] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/5.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 356–60.

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  • Museum No.: BM 016485
  • Accession No.: 1892-05-16, 0021

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2021-10-22 at 19:00:08 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/5, 567 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P509945.
MHET 2/5, 567 artifact entry (No. P509945). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509945 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 567 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509945 (Accessed: September 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 567 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509945},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509945},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/5, 567 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P509945.
MHET 2/5, 567 artifact entry (No. P509945). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509945 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 567 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509945 (Accessed: September 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 567 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509945},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509945},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P509945
LB  - CDLI:P509945
M1  - 2025/9/16/
TI  - MHET 2/5, 567 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P509945
ER  - 
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