MHET 2/1, 059 (P481316)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 061717Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Bequest)Language(s)
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obverse
1. _1(esze3) GAN2 [a-sza3_ ...]
2. i-ta _a-sza3#_ [...]
3. _dumu_ sa-al-[...]
4. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ zi-a-[...]
5. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ s,a-ar-ba-tum
6. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam_ i ig ib? ba ga#? x im
collated by photo
7. _1(disz) sar e2-a-ni_ i-na asz-ta!-ba-la-a
8. _da e2_ pa-ar-di-ia
9. u3 _da e2_ {d}nanna-zi-mu
10. _dumu_ i-di-szum
11. mi-im-ma an-ni-im
12. sza# [...]
13. a-na# [...]
14. _dumu#-munus#_ a [...]
15. i#-di-nu-[...]
reverse
1. ma-ma-an mi#-[im-ma]
2. e-li-szu u2#-ul# i#-[szu]
3. {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
4. u3 a-pil-{d}suen
5. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
6. _igi_ u-bar-{d}suen
7. _dumu_ i-bi-{d}suen
8. _igi_ a-bu-wa-qar
9. _dumu_ su-mu-ra-mi-e
10. _igi_ dumu-{d}utu
11. _dumu_ ARAD#-[...]
12. _igi_ [...]
13. _dumu_ [...]
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):
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primary: MHET 2/1, 59
[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.
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history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 333
[Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.
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- Museum No.: BM 061717
- Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 01687
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Apil-Sin.00.00.00
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| 2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2021-10-14 at 19:05:24 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Transliteration | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2015-08-12 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.61717) (BM.61717)
- British Museum Collection (W_1882-0918-1687) (W_1882-0918-1687)
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2024MHET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
year = {2024},
month = {jun 14},
title = {MHET 2/1, 059 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P481316},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481316},
}
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