MHET 2/1, 092 (P481344)

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 017499

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Bequest)

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. u3 [i-ta ...]
2'. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma_ BA#? [...]
3'. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma_ E x# [...]
4'. pu-ha-at _2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ sza# [...]
5'. sza qa2-bi-a-tum a-na il-ta-ni
6'. _dumu-munus_ be-ia-a id-di-nu
7'. {disz}im-gur-akszak{ki}
8'. {disz}{d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
9'. u3 {d}a-a-tal-lik _ama-a-ni-mesz_
10'. a-na il-ta-ni _dumu-munus_ be-ia-a
11'. id-di-nu
12'. a-di li-mu-ut u3 li-ib-lu-ut,-ma
13'. a-hu-um a-na a-hi-im
14'. u2#-ul i-ra-ga-am
15'. [_mu_] {d}utu# {d}amar-utu
reverse
1. [... sin]-mu#-ba-li2-it,
2. [u3 _iri_] zimbir#{ki} it-mu-u2
3. _igi_ bur#-{d#}suen# _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}suen
4. _igi_ na-ra-am-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ isz-me-{d}suen
5. _igi_ dingir-szu-i-bi-szu _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2#
6. _igi_ u-bar-{d}utu# [_dumu_] e-la-li
7. [_igi_ {d}]nanna#-ki-ag2
8. [_igi_] im-lik-{d}suen
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Bequest)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/1, 92

    [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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  • Museum No.: BM 017499
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0213

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-03-11 at 16:43:07 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram 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
2015-08-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/1, 092 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481344.
MHET 2/1, 092 artifact entry (No. P481344). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481344 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/1, 092 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481344 (Accessed: May 10, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/1, 092 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481344},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481344},
}

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