MHET 2/2, 146 (P481404)

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 016767

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale (?) of e2.ki.gal2 plot)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) 2/3(disz) _sar_ 8(disz) _gin2 e2 ki-gal2_
2. _da e2_ na-ka-rum _dumu_ s,il-la-lum
3. u3# _da# e2_ il-ta-ni _lukur {d}utu_
4. _dumu_ {d}suen-re-me-ni
5. 1(disz) _sag-bi_ su2-uq ri-bi-tim
6. 2(disz) _sag {gesz}kiri6_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu ugula dam*-gar3*
Woestenburg AfO 44/45 collation
7. _ki_ ra-bu-ut-{d}utu {disz}a-ha-am-nir-szi {disz}i3-li2-ma-a-hi
8. {disz}qu3-ru-du-um ($ erasure $)
9. [...] {d}utu-dingir _dumu_ en-ne-{d}utu
10. {disz}puzur4-{d}utu _dumu_ sza-lu-rum
11. {disz}a-da-ti-ia _dumu_ hu-um-mu-rum
12. {disz}ku-ru-tum _dumu_ {d}suen-i-qi2#-sza-am
13. [...] u3# x x x-nu-um _dumu_ za-[...]-um
14. [...]-{d}iszkur _dumu_ mi-ia-mu#-um
15. [...] ZI [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] {d}suen#
2'. _[in]-pa3#-de3#-mesz_
single ruling
3'. [_igi_] {d}utu#-tab-ba-szu _dumu_ [...]-x-i3-li2-szu
4'. [_igi_ ...]-szu-{d}utu _dumu_ sin-ba-ni
5'. [_igi_ ...]-x-nu-nu _dumu_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu
6'. [_igi_ ...]-ri#-ba#-tum# _dumu_ a-li-wa-aq-rum
7'. [_igi_ ...]-za-nu-um _dumu_ di-x-x-i-ru-szu
8'. [_igi_ ...]-a-na-nim?
9'. [_igi_ ...] x _dumu#_ {d}utu-tab-ba-szu
10'. [_igi_ ...] x pa-la-hu-ni
11'. [_igi_ ...]-lum _dumu_ x x x x
12'. _igi#_ hu#-um-mu-rum _dumu_ x x x x
blank space
13'. _mu bad3_ szi-ra-mah _ki <ba-du3>

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 (Sale (?) of e2.ki.gal2 plot)
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/2, 146

[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.
collation: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 352 (coll.)

[Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 016767
Accession No.: 1892-05-16, 0303

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.04.00.00 ?
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	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
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		CDLI	Approved
2018-07-30 at 11:46:17	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2018-07-26 at 12:41:19	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2015-08-24 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.16767) (BM.16767)
British Museum Collection (W_1892-0516-303) (W_1892-0516-303)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 146 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481404.

MHET 2/2, 146 artifact entry (No. P481404). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481404 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/2, 146 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481404 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	title = {MHET 2/2, 146 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481404},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481404},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 146 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481404.

MHET 2/2, 146 artifact entry (No. P481404). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481404 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/2, 146 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481404 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 146 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481404},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481404},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P481404
LB  - CDLI:P481404
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - MHET 2/2, 146 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481404
ER  -