MHET 2/1, 067 (P481323)

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 092540

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Division of real estate)

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(esze3)? GAN2 a-sza3 i-na x [...]
2. sza szu-ku-sa-tum
3. i-ta ba-la-li{ki}
4. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ i3-li2-sukkal
5. _ha-la_ {d}nanna-ma-an-[szum2]
6. _dumu_ a-pa-ia
7. sza _ki_ i3-li2-sukkal _dumu_ t,a3-ab-gissu?-{d}utu
  Suurmeijer reads: ṭa3-ab-ṣilli-{d}utu
8. i-zu-zu zi-zu#
9. ga-am-ru
10. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
11. {disz}a-pil-sin u3 {iri}zimbir{ki}
12. it-mu-u2
13. [...] x x x x x
14. [...] sin?
15. [...]-na-AN u3 nam [...]
reverse
1. _dumu-me_ inim-{d}nanna
2. _igi_ su2-ka-ia
3. _igi_ szu-hu-um
4. _dumu-me_ ka-ad-ru-um#
5. _igi_ i-di-ia-[...]
6. _igi_ sin-e-ri#-[...]
7. _igi_ e-ri-[...]
8. _dumu-me_ [...]
9. _igi_ ib-ni-[...]
10. _igi_ a-hu#-[...]
11. _igi_ lu2-{d}x [...]
12. _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba#-[ni]
13. [_mu_] a#-pil-[sin ...]
  rest broken

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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 (Division of real estate)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/1, 67

    [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. 340

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 092540
  • Accession No.: 1888-05-12 Bu, 0205

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 19:05:25 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/1, 067 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481323.
MHET 2/1, 067 artifact entry (No. P481323). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481323 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/1, 067 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481323 (Accessed: May 12, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481323},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481323},
}

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