MHET 2/1, 127 (P481371)

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 067341

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _5/6(disz) sar 8(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 e2 da e2_ a-li-kum
2. _da e2_ {d}utu-dingir _da_ ARAD-{d}utu _da e2_ sin-na-s,ir
3. u3 _da e2_ akszak{ki}-i-din-nam _szesz-a-ni_
4. _5(disz) 2/3(disz) kusz3 sag_ i-ga-ar-ru? sza bi-ri-tim
5. {disz}mu-na-nu-um u3 sin-na-s,ir x-bu-szu?
6. _sag-bi sila#? x e2-a_
7. _ha-la_ mu-na-nu-um _dumu_ {d}suen-ni-ia
8. sza# _ki_ akszak{ki}-i-din-nam _szes-a-ni_
9. i-zu-zu zi-zu ga-am-ru
10. _u4-kur2-sze3_ a-hu-um a-na a-hi-im
11. u2-ul i-ra-ga-am
12. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
13. u3# {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it,
14. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
single ruling
reverse
1. _igi_ a#-pil2#-ku-bi _dumu_ szu-pi-x
2. _igi_ ip-qu2-sza _dumu_ {d}utu-na-s,ir
3. _igi_ ta#-ab-gi-ri-{d}utu _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu
4. _igi_ {d}gibil6?-mu-tab-bil
written {d}[NE].GI?-
5. [...]-ti _dumu-mesz_ ARAD-{d}utu
6. [_igi_ ...]-sza _dumu_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am
7. [_igi_ ...]-i3#-li# _dumu_ {d}utu-a-bu-ni
8. _igi_ [...] _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}x x
9. _igi#_ [...]-ka _dumu_ u-bar-dingir _dam?_-su
10. [_igi_ ...] _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
11. [...]-ia
12. _igi_ a-pil2-i3-li2-szu _dub-sar_
13. _mu# {d}utu {d}iszkur-ra_

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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 real estate)
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Related publications

primary: MHET 2/1, 127

[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. 357

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 067341
Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 07337

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Sin-muballit.19.00.00
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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
2023-08-19 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
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.67341) (BM.67341)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0918-7337) (W_1882-0918-7337)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/1, 127 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481371.

MHET 2/1, 127 artifact entry (No. P481371). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481371 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/1, 127 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481371 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/1, 127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481371},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481371},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/1, 127 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481371.

MHET 2/1, 127 artifact entry (No. P481371). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481371 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/1, 127 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481371 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/1, 127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481371},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481371},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/11/
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