MHET 2/1, 043 (P481302)

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 017084 & BM 017084A

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 (Sale of a burubalum)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Sale of a burubalum)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/1, 43

    [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: MVS 10, no. XXII

    [Blocher1993MVS10] Blocher, Felix. 1993. Siegelabrollungen Auf Frühaltbabylonischen Tontafeln Im British Museum. Ein Katalog. Münchener Vorderasiatische Studien 10. München, Wien: Profil Verlag.

    (seals)

  • history: Year-names, 2, 073

    [Horsnell1999Yearnames] Horsnell, Malcolm J. A. 1999. The Year-Names of the First Dynasty of Babylon. Hamilton, Ont. : McMaster University Press.

    (year-name only)

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017084 & BM 017084A
  • Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0200 & 1892-07-09, 0200A

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-14 at 09:35:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-14 at 07:28:04 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
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-08-11 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) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/1, 043 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481302.
MHET 2/1, 043 artifact entry (No. P481302). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481302 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/1, 043 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481302 (Accessed: May 6, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {MHET 2/1, 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481302},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481302},
}


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