MHET 2/1, 086 (P481338)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017342

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Real estate sale)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Real estate sale)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	Sin-muballit.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P481338
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P481338

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 017342
Accession Number	1894-01-15, 0056

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.17342
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1894-0115-56

References

primary: MHET 2/1, 86

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2015-08-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/1, 086 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481338.

MHET 2/1, 086 artifact entry (No. P481338). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481338 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/1, 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481338 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/1, 086 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481338.

MHET 2/1, 086 artifact entry (No. P481338). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481338 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/1, 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481338 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481338},
}

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