MHET 2/5, 568 (P509946)
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 016488Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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obverse
1. _2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na ha-ra-na-bi{ki}
2. i-ta x [...] x ia-nu-um
3. u3 i-ta puzur4-ma? ta x
4. zi-ti il-ta-ni _lukur {d}utu_
5. [_dumu-munus_] {d}suen-isz-me-an-ni
6. [sza] {d}suen-isz-me-an-ni a-bu-sza
7. [id-di]-nu-szi-im
8. [a-di {d}suen]-isz-me-an-ni a-bu-sza
9. ba#-al-t,u2-u2# [...] sin#-isz-me-an-[ni]
10. _a-sza3_-am i-ka-al#
single ruling
reverse
1. _igi_ li-pi2#-[it-isz8-tar2?] _sanga_
2. _igi_ {d}iszkur-re-me-ni
3. [_igi_ bu]-la#-lum
4. [...] ud sza x x x zi?
5. [...] er3-ra
6. [...] er3-ra
7. _igi#_ sin-WA az-me-ia?
8. _igi_ mu-da-du-um
9. _dumu_ usz-ta-asz-ni-dingir
10. _igi_ ma-ka?-na-a _dumu-munus_ wa-ka-ia
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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
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primary: MHET 2/5, 568
[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.
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history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 415
[Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.
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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 016488
- Accession No.: 1892-05-16, 0024
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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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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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2021-10-22 at 19:00:08 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Atf | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The British Museum Collection (W_1892-0516-24) (W_1892-0516-24)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024MHET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-12]},
year = {2024},
month = {jun 14},
title = {MHET 2/5, 568 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P509946},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509946},
}
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