MHET 2/6, 884 (P510259)

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 097126

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)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] _sar# e2#_ pi2#-[i pa-szi-im]
2. [_da_ e]-ri-isz-ti-{d}a-a _lukur_ {d#}utu
3. _dumu#-munus#_ lu2-{d}iszkur-ra sza-pi2-ir _aga#-[us2-mesz_]
4. u3 _da e2_ dumu-mesz ta-ri-ba-tum#
5. _sag#-bi sila dagal_ {d}suen
6. _egir-bi e2_ i-din-e2-a _dumu_ hu-ru#-[rum]
7. _e2_ be-le-su2-nu _lukur_ {d}utu {disz}zimbir{ki}-li-[wi-ir?]
8. {disz}sin-mu-sza-lim u3 {d}utu-ba-ni _dumu-mesz_ ta#-[ri-ba-tum]
9. _ki_ be-le-su2-nu _lukur_ {d}utu {disz}zimbir{ki}-li-[wi-ir?]
10. {disz}sin-mu-sza-lim u3 {d}utu-ba-ni _dumu-mesz_ ta#-[ri-ba-tum]
11. _lugal e2-e-ke4-ne_ [...]
12. {disz}e-ri-isz-ti-{d}a-a _lukur_ {d}utu
13. _dumu-munus_ lu2 {d}iszkur-ra sza-pi2-ir _aga-[us2-mesz_]
14. u2-pi2-ih a-na pu-ha-ti-x [id-di-in]
15. _3(disz) sar e2 du3-[a_ ...]
16. _e2_ sza {d}utu-dingir _dumu#_ {d}en-[zu-ba-ni]
17. _da sila sig-[ga_]
18. u3 _da e2 dumu-mesz_ ta-[ri-ba-tum]
19. _sag-bi sila-[dagal-la_ {d}suen]
reverse
1. _egir-bi e2_ i-din-e2#-a _dumu_ hu-ru-rum
2. _e2_ e-ri-isz-ti#-[{d}a-a ...]
  rest broken
left
1'. [...] x

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P510259

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 097126
Accession Number 1902-10-11, 0180

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1902-1011-180

References

  • primary: MHET 2/6, 884

    [Dekiere1997MHET2/6] Dekiere, Luc. 1997. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 6: Documents from the Series 1902-10-11. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2018-08-06 at 10:52:27 Woestenburg, Els Transliteration Jagersma, Bram 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 2/6, 884 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510259.
MHET 2/6, 884 artifact entry (No. P510259). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510259 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/6, 884 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510259 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510259},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510259},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/6, 884 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510259.
MHET 2/6, 884 artifact entry (No. P510259). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510259 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/6, 884 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510259 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MHET 2/6, 884 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510259},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510259},
}

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