MHET 2/1, 028 (P481290)

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 016975

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)

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tablet
obverse
1. _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. _da_ im-gu-ru-um
3. _dumu_ a-mi-nu-um
4. da-mi-iq-tum
5. a-na e-ri-isz-tum
6. _dumu-munus_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu
7. i-di-in
8. _mu#_ {d}utu {d}a-a
9. _mu#_ {d}marduk u3 sa3-bi-[um ...]
10. sza a-wa-at
11. _dub_ an-ni-im
12. u2-na-ka-ru
13. _igi# li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2
14. _igi_ bur-nu-nu
15. _igi_ {d#}mar-tu-ba-ni
reverse
1. _igi_ {d}iszkur-re-me-ni
2. _igi_ {d}utu-li-t,u2-ul#
3. _igi#_ x [...]
  5 lines broken
9. [_igi_ ...]-li-wi-ir
10. _igi_ {d}a-a-szi-ti
11. _igi_ zu?-ka-ta-ni
12. _igi_ na-ru-ub-tum
13. _igi_ sza-at-ku-bi
14. _igi_ pa-ka-ia
left
1. _igi_ sa? x [...] a#?-a-ar
2. _igi_ sza-at#-[{d}]a-a _igi_ {d}inanna-ama-mu

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


  • primary: MHET 2/1, 28

    [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. 329

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 016975
  • Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0091

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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2021-10-14 at 19:05:24 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-10 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/1, 028 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481290.
MHET 2/1, 028 artifact entry (No. P481290). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481290 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/1, 028 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481290 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {MHET 2/1, 028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481290},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481290},
}

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