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MHET 2/1, 104 (P481354)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 082394

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 a house)

Language(s)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1/3(disz) sar 3(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 5(disz)# sze e2 du3-a_
2. _da e2_ dumu-er-s,e-tim
3. u3 _da e2_ e2-dim2-ma-an-szum2
4. _ha-la_ ip-qu2-sza
5. sza it-ti a-hi-szu i-zu-zu
6. zi-zu ga-me-er-ma
7. li-ba-szu t,u2-ub
8. u3-ul i-ta-ar-ma
9. a-na _egir u4_-mi-im
10. a-hu-um a-na a-hi-im
11. u2-ul i-ra-ga-am
12. _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk
13. u3 {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it,
14. _in-pa3_
reverse
1. _igi_ {d}nin-szubur-na-s,ir
2. _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
3. _igi_ ta-ri-bu-um _dumu_ a-bu-um-dingir
4. _igi_ {d}utu-i-in-ma-tim _dumu_ i3-li2-ba-ni
5. _igi_ {d}sze-rum-ba-ni _dumu_ sin-ma-gir
6. _igi_ {d}sze-rum-i3-li2 _dumu_ {d}utu-a-bu-ni
7. _igi_ dumu-{d}utu _dumu_ sin-i-din-nam
8. _igi_ dumu-er-s,e-tim _dumu_ e-te-el-lum
9. _igi_ za-ri-x-x _dumu_ ARAD-{d}utu
10. _igi_ i-din-{d}nin-szubur _dumu_ sin-e-ri-ba-am
11. _igi_ {d}suen-a#-bu-um
12. _igi_ e-ri-ba-am-sin _dumu_ wa-ta-rum
13. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}suen _dub-sar_
14. _igi_ sin-i-din-nam _dumu_ bu-ba-ki

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Division of a house)
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/1, 104

[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. 354

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 082394
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2445A

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Sin-muballit.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	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
2021-10-14 at 19:05:24	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2015-08-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.82394) (BM.82394)
British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-2445-a) (W_1891-0509-2445-a)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/1, 104 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481354.

MHET 2/1, 104 artifact entry (No. P481354). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481354 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/1, 104 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481354 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/1, 104 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481354},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481354},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/1, 104 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481354.

MHET 2/1, 104 artifact entry (No. P481354). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481354 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/1, 104 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481354 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

@misc{2024MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/1, 104 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481354},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481354},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P481354
LB  - CDLI:P481354
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - MHET 2/1, 104 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481354
ER  -