MHET 2/2, 136 (P481379)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 092601

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Field sale)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(esz3) _iku a-sza3_ i-na 1(esz3) 3(iku) _iku-ta_
2. i-ta _a-sza3 dumu-me lugal_
3. u3 i-ta _dumu-me_ sza MA? di-im
4. _sag-bi 1(kam) a-sza3_ sa-bi-bu-um
5. _sag-bi 2(kam)_ a-tap _a-gar3_
6. _ki_ zu-za-a-nu-um {disz}a-bu-wa-qar
7. {disz}ta-ri-bu-um {disz}szu-mi-ir-s,i-tim
8. _dumu-me_ ib-ni-{d}utu
9. u3 na-ra-am-tum _ama_-szu-nu
10. {disz}be-el-ta-ni _lukur {d}utu_
11. _dumu-munus_ dingir-pi4-sza
12. i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza
13. _in-szi-in-sa10 sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
14. _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
15. _sza3-ga-ni al-du10_
reverse
1. _{gesz}gan-na ib2-ta-bal_
2. _inim-bi al-til_
3. _u4-kur2-sze3! lu2 lu2-ra_
4. _inim nu-ga2-ga2-a_
5. _mu_ {d}utu {d}amar-utu ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
6. u3 _iri zimbir{ki} it-mu-u2
7. _igi_ dingir-pi4-sza _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}utu
8. _igi_ na-bi-{d}utu _dumu_ AN-A-AN
9. _igi_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir _dumu_ sin-e-ri-ba-am
10. _igi_ {d}nanna-tum _dumu_ KA-{d}utu
11. _igi_ qi2-isz-tum _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
12. _igi_ im-gur-sin _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
13. _igi_ a-ha-am-nir-szi _dumu_ ma#-ni#-um
14. _igi_ KI-{d}en-lil2-qi2-in-ni _dumu_ mu-na-wi-rum
Dekiere reads: itti(KI)-
15. _igi_ i-din-{d}gibil6 _dumu_ ZU szu?-bi-ia
16. _igi_ t,a3-ab-s,il2-lum _dumu_ sin#-[...]
17. _igi_ ia-x x x x x
left
column 1
1. _igi_ dingir-ma-lik
2. _igi_ {d}utu-igi-ma-tim
3. _dumu_ sa-bi-bu-um
column 2
1. i3-li2-tab-ba-szu
2. _igi_ {d}utu-x-[...] x x x x x ma-an-szum2
3. _dumu_ dingir-szu-i-bi-szu

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 (Field sale)
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Related publications

primary: MHET 2/2, 136

[Dekiere1994MHET2/2] Dekiere, Luc. 1994. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 2: Documents from the Reign of Hammurabi. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 092601
Accession No.: 1889-10-14, 0049

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der) [uncertain]
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Chronology

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

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-12-07 at 20:04:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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
2018-08-16 at 17:33:25	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2018-07-26 at 12:40:25	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2015-08-23 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.92601) (BM.92601)
British Museum Collection (W_1889-1014-49) (W_1889-1014-49)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 136 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481379.

MHET 2/2, 136 artifact entry (No. P481379). (2024, December 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481379 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/2, 136 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481379 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {MHET 2/2, 136 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481379},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 136 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481379.

MHET 2/2, 136 artifact entry (No. P481379). (2024, December 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481379 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/2, 136 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481379 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 7},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 136 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481379},
}

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DA  - 2024/12/7/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P481379
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - MHET 2/2, 136 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481379
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