MHET 2/1, 030 (P481292)

Business / Contracts 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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 064368 + BM 067069

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Adoption contract)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _ibila-sze3_ a#-ha#-su2#-nu
2. _dumu-munus_ a-bi-ia
3. {disz}geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ i-din-{d}mar-tu#
4. re-di-it wa-ar-ka-ti-sza
5. _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_
6. i-na _danna{na}_ zi#? x x
7. _e2 du3:a_ <<ud>> sza ga-gi-im!
8. ma-la ma-s,u2-u2
9. [wa]-ar-ka-sa3 bu#-szu#-sza
10. [isz]-tu pe2-e a-di _ku3-sig17_
11. [mi]-im-ma an-ni-im
12. [...] x
  rest broken
reverse
1'. x x x x
2'. a-ha-su2-nu
3'. sza a-na geme2-{d}utu
4'. i-di-nu-ma
5'. u2#-la e-ra-ga-mu-szi-im
6'. [_mu_ {d}]utu {d}marduk
7'. u3 sa3-bi#-um#
8'. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
9'. _igi_ li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2
10'. _igi_ i-szar-{d}utu
11'. _igi_ {d}nin-szubur-ba-ni
12'. _igi_ {d}iszkur-re#-me#-ni
13'. _igi_ bu-la-lum
14'. [_igi_] {d}utu-igi-kur#? [...]
left
1. [...] x-tum _igi#_ geme2-{d}utu
2. [_igi_ {d}nanna-a2-zi]-da# _dub-sar_

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (Adoption contract)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P481292

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 064368 + BM 067069
Accession Number 1892-09-18, 04345 + 1892-09-18, 07064

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.64368
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1882-0918-4345

References

  • primary: MHET 2/1, 30

    [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. 330

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2021-10-14 at 19:05:24 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2015-08-10 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/1, 030 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481292.
MHET 2/1, 030 artifact entry (No. P481292). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481292 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/1, 030 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481292 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/1, 030 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481292},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481292},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/1, 030 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481292.
MHET 2/1, 030 artifact entry (No. P481292). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481292 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/1, 030 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481292 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/1, 030 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481292},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481292},
}


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DA  - 2024/6/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P481292
LB  - CDLI:P481292
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - MHET 2/1, 030 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481292
ER  -
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