MHET 2/6, 878 (P479404)

Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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 097136

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

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tablet
obverse
1. _2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 e2 kislah_
2. _da e2_ geme2-{d}utu _lukur_ {d}utu
3. _dumu-munus_ li-pi2-it-{d}esz18-dar
4. u3 _da e2_ geme2-{d}utu-ma
5. _sag-bi e2_ u-bar-lulu
6. _egir-bi e2_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ szu-mi-ki
7. _ki_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ szu-mi-ki
8. {disz}u-bar-lu-lu _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu
9. _in-szi-in-sa10_
10. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
11. _1(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar_
12. _in-na-an-la2_
13. [_sza3]-ga-ni al-du10_
14. _inim-bi al-til_
15. _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_
reverse
1. _inim nu-ga2-ga2-a_
2. _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal_
3. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
4. _igi_ sin-ha-s,i2-ir _dumu_ e-ri-ib-sin
5. _igi_ sin-i-din-nam _dumu_ sig-{d}sza-la
6. _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ ni-id-na-at-sin
7. _igi_ i-bi-{d}utu _dumu_ mat-ta-tum
8. _igi_ sin-mu-sza-lim _dub-sar_
  single ruling
  blank space
9. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam_
10. _mu gibil 2(disz)-kam-ma_
envelope
  beginning broken
1'. [_ki_ be]-el-szu-nu# [_dumu_ szu-mi-ki]
2'. [{disz}]u-bar-lu-lu# [_dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu]
3'. [_in]-szi#-in#-[sa10_]
4'. [_sa10] til#-la-bi#-[sze3_]
  rest broken

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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  • primary: MHET 2/6, 878

    [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: CT 33, pl. 35, BM 97136

    [King1912CT33] King, Leonard W. 1912. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 33. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

    tablet only


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 097136
  • Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0190

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-08-05 at 10:29:19 Woestenburg, Els Atf Ferwerda, G. Th. (Bert) CDLI approved View
2015-02-28 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard 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) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/6, 878 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P479404.
MHET 2/6, 878 artifact entry (No. P479404). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P479404 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/6, 878 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P479404 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MHET 2/6, 878 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P479404},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P479404},
}

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