MHET 2/5, 591 (P509969)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017018

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)

-

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. _a-sza3_ ARAD-{d}[ul-ma-szi-tum]
2'. _dumu_ ARAD#-i3#-[li2]-szu#
3'. _ki_ ARAD-{d}ul-masz-szi-tum x [...]
4'. be-el _a-sza3_
5'. {disz}{d}ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum _dumu_ a-ha-am-ar-szi
6'. u3 zi-im-ru-{d}utu _dumu_ mu-du-x x x
7". a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _tab-ba_
8'. a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
9'. u2-sze-s,u2-u2
10'. a-wi-lum ma-la a-wi-lim
11'. ma-na-ah-tam i-sza-ak-ka-nu-ma
bottom
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] _sza3-zu_
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] _gin2#_ [...] x x
4'. [ma]-hi-ir
  single ruling
5'. _igi#_ i-na-pa-li-szu _ugula-ugula_
6'. _igi_ [...] x-x-ia _dumu_ ni-id-na-tum [...]
7'. [...] _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni
  rest broken
left
  (MHET says: "kiszibs" here but none are published)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P509969

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 017018
Accession Number 1892-07-09, 0134

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1892-0709-134

References

  • primary: MHET 2/5, 591

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-02 at 15:27:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2022-06-23 at 18:04:33 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/5, 591 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P509969.
MHET 2/5, 591 artifact entry (No. P509969). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509969 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 591 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509969 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/5, 591 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P509969.
MHET 2/5, 591 artifact entry (No. P509969). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509969 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 591 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509969 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509969},
}


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