MHET 2/3, 466 (P385847)

Legal tablet & envelope 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 092659 & BM 092659A

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _2/3(disz) sar e2 du3-a_
2. _da e2_ {d}sag-ku5-mu-ba-li-it,
3. u3 _da e2_ utu-tab-ba-we-di
4. _1(disz) geme2_ sa3-ar-ri-qum
5. _2(disz) gud-hi-a_ a-na ma-ki-su2
6. {disz}i3-li2-a-<wi>-lim-ra-bi
7. _sag-geme2_ il-qi2
8. _ha-la_ {d}szu-zi-ba-an-ni
9. u3 {d}utu-sza-tum
10. _dumu-mesz_ zu-za-nu-um
11. sza _ki_ i3-li2-a-wi-lim-ra-bi
12. i-zu-zu zi-zu ga-am-ru
13. li-ib-ba-szu-nu t,a3-ab
14. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
reverse
1. u3 sa-am-su2-i-lu-na _lugal_
2. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
  single ruling
3. _igi_ {d}utu-an-dul7 _dumu_ pi-ti-tum
4. _igi_ {d}utu-tab-ba-we-di _dumu_ qi2-isz-tum
5. _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ i-na-szu-{d}utu
6. _igi_ ta-ri-ib-er-s,e-tim
7. _dumu_ ni-id-nu-sza
8. _igi_ dingir-ma-an-szum2 _dumu_ sin-be-el-ap-lim
9. _igi_ sig-an-tum _dumu_ sag-ku5-mu-ba-li2-it,
10. _igi_ s,il2-li2-{d}utu _dumu_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu
11. _igi_ szu-mi-ki _igi_ da-mi-iq-{d}marduk
12. _dumu_ dingir-ga-mil
13. _igi_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2
14. _dumu_ a-na-tum
15. _iti gan-gan-e3-a_
16. [...] x [...]
envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-mu#-ba-li2-it,
2'. [...] utu#-tab-ba-we-di
3'. [n] _geme2#_ sa3-ar-ri-iq-qum
4'. [n] _ga/bi?-hi-a_ ki-ma _sag-geme2_
  Woestenburg: _gu4-hi-a_ instead of _ga/bi?-hi-a_
5'. [...] x i3-li2-ia-wi-lim-ra-bi il-qe2
  Woestenburg:il-qe2 instead of il-ku
6'. _ha#-la_ {d}utu-szu-zi-ba-an-ni [...]
7'. u3 {d}utu-sza-tum
8'. sza _ki_ i3-li2-a-wi-lim-ra-bi [...]
9'. a-hi-szu-nu i-zu-zu
10'. zi-zu ga-am-ra-am
11'. li-ib-ba-szu-nu t,a3-ab
12'. _u4 kur2-sze3_ a-hu-um
13'. a-na a-hi-im u2-ul i-ra-gu-mu#
reverse
1. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
2. u3 sa-am-su2-i-lu-na [...]
  single ruling
3. _igi_ x x x _dumu_ pi-[...]
4. _igi_ {d}utu-tab-ba-we-di [...]
5. _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ [...]
6. _igi_ ta-ri-ib-er-[s,e-tim]
7. _dumu_ ni-id-nu-[sza]
8. _igi_ dingir-ma-an-szum2 _dumu_ {d}suen#-[...]
9. _igi_ sig-an-tum _dumu_ {d}sag-[...]
10. _igi_ s,il2-li2-{d}utu _dumu_ ARAD-i3-[li2-szu]
11. _igi_ szu-mi-er-s,e-tim
12. _igi_ da-mi-iq-{d}marduk
13. _dumu-mesz_ dingir-ga-mil
14. _igi_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2
15. _dumu_ a-na-tum
16. _iti gan-gan#-e3_
17. _mu_ x [...] x [...]
seal 1
  (uninscribed)
1. <_kiszib3_> ta#-ri-ib-ki
seal 2
  (uninscribed)
1. <_kiszib3_> szu#-mi#-ki
seal 3
  (uninscribed)
1. <_kiszib3_> [da]-mi-iq-{d}marduk

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/3, 466

    [Dekiere1995MHET2/3] Dekiere, Luc. 1995. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 3: Documents from the Reign of Samsu-Iluna. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • history: CT 6, 31b

    [Pinches1898CT6] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1898. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 6. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

    Tablet only

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 115-116

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 092659 & BM 092659A
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2485 & 1891-05-09 Bu, 2485A

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
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-03-21 at 07:59:45 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2019-03-21 at 07:52:46 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2008-05-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

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

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/3, 466 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P385847.
MHET 2/3, 466 artifact entry (No. P385847). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P385847 (Original work published 2008)
MHET 2/3, 466 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P385847 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/3, 466 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P385847},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P385847},
}


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