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MHET 2/1, 019 (P481284)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 067328

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Bequest)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na bi-ra-tim#
2. i-na _GAN2_ si2-la-ku
3. _1(disz) sag-nita2_ ur-asz2-nu-um _mu#-[ni_]
4. _1(disz) geme2_ a-ha-tum _nin_ ur-asz2-nu-[um]
5. s,a-bu-u2
6. _1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ szi-wi-ru-sza
7. _1(disz) sar_ qa-qa-ru-um
8. _da e2_ {d}suen-ma-lik
9. _dumu_ bu-ut-te-szi-na
10. i-na zimbir-ra-hi-im#
11. me-eh-ri-it _e2_ a-mu-ri-im
12. _dumu_ da-ma-aq-tum
13. sza a-bi-ia _dumu_ su-lu-ub-ba-na
14. a-na a-ha-at-su2-nu
15. _lukur {d}utu
16. _dumu-munus-ni_
reverse
1. [id-di-nu]-u2
2. {d}utu-i-in-ma-ti#
3. a-pil#-sza
4. [_igi_] bu#-la#-lum _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu
5. _igi_ la-ma-sa3-tum _dumu-munus_ a#-hu-ni
6. _igi_ ar-wi-tum _dumu-munus_ ka-ba-li
7. _igi_ i-pi2-iq-{d}iszkur
8. _dumu_ NI [...] x ri
9. _igi_ [...]-ri#?-ia#-[...]
10. _dumu_ [...]-il-{d}suen# [...]
11. _igi_ {d}suen-be#-el#-i3-[li2]
12. _dumu_ x [...]
13. _igi_ [...]
14. _dumu#_ [...]
15. _igi_ x [...]
16. _dumu_ szar-ru-um-{d}iszkur
left
1. _igi_ zu-hi-ia
2. _dumu_ be-li2-i-din-nam
3. _igi#_ geme2-ba#-ia#?
4. _dumu_ i3-li2-i-din-nam
5. _igi_ i3-li2-ba-ni _dub-sar_
6. _mu_ su-mu-la-dingir kisz{ki} ba-hul

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Bequest)
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/1, 19

[Dekiere1994MHET2/1] Dekiere, Luc. 1994. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 1: Pre-Hammurabi Documents. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.
history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 328

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 067328
Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 07324

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Sumu-la-El.13.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2021-10-14 at 19:05:24	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2015-08-10 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.67328) (BM.67328)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0918-7324) (W_1882-0918-7324)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/1, 019 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481284.

MHET 2/1, 019 artifact entry (No. P481284). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481284 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/1, 019 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481284 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {MHET 2/1, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481284},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481284},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/1, 019 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481284.

MHET 2/1, 019 artifact entry (No. P481284). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481284 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/1, 019 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481284 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/1, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481284},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481284},
}

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