MHET 2/6, 925 (P510299)

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 097184

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

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tablet
obverse
1. _2(esze3) 3(iku) 3/4(disz) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. _a-gar3_ na-gu-um pa-ni _{gesz}tir_
3. {disz}e-ri-isz-ti-{d}a-a _lukur_ {d}utu
4. _dumu-munus_ a-bu-um-wa-qar _nin a-sza3-ga-ke4_
  coll. Woestenburg: -ga-, not -ga2-
5. a-na {d}utu-mu-ba-li2-it, a-hi-sza id-di-in
6. {d}iszkur li-ir-hi-is, bi-ib-lum li-bi-il
7. i-ri-isz la# i-ri-isz#
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk [...]
  blank space
2'. _igi_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu _ugula dam-gar3#_
3'. _igi_ akszak{ki}-i-din-nam _dumu_ it-ti-{d}en-lil2-qi2-in-ni
4'. _igi_ ARAD-{d}suen _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam
5'. _igi_ sig-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ qi2-isz-nu-nu
6'. _igi_ ARAD-{d}suen _dumu_ ia-zu-nu-um
7'. _igi_ nu-ra-tum _dumu_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur
8'. _igi_ {d}utu-ba-ni _dumu_ sig-{d}iszkur
9'. _igi_ sig-an-nu-ni-tum _dumu_ i-din-er3-ra
10'. _igi_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 ARAD-i3-li2-szu
11'. sza _ka2 ga2-gi4-a{ki}_
12'. _igi_ u2-s,ur-we-dam _dub-sar_

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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  • primary: MHET 2/6, 925

    [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.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 443

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 097184
  • Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0238

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2018-08-26 at 03:40:52 Woestenburg, Els Atf Firth, Richard 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 2/6, 925 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P510299.
MHET 2/6, 925 artifact entry (No. P510299). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510299 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/6, 925 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510299 (Accessed: September 21, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {MHET 2/6, 925 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510299},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510299},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/6, 925 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P510299.
MHET 2/6, 925 artifact entry (No. P510299). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510299 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/6, 925 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510299 (Accessed: September 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/6, 925 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510299},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510299},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P510299
LB  - CDLI:P510299
M1  - 2025/9/21/
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