MHET 2/2, 147 (P481405)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 079486

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Inheritance)

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tablet
obverse
1. 1/3(disz) _sar 2(disz) gin2 e2# kislah#?
2. _da e2_ {d}utu-ha-zi-ir# [_dumu_] sin#-i3-qi2-sza-am
3. _sag#_ i-ga-ar [bi-ri-tim]
  Cf. BE 06/1, 044 2
4. u3 _da e2_ ta-ri-bu-um#
5. _sag-bi sila egir e2_ x
6. _ha-la_ {d}bu-ne-ne-a#-bi#
7. _dumu_ {d}suen-ga-mil
8. sza _ki_ ta-ri-bu-um _szesz#-a-ni_
9. i-zu2-zu2 zi-zu ga-am-rum
10. _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_
11. _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a#_
12. _mu#_ {d}utu {d}a-a [{d}amar-utu]
13. u3# ha-am-mu-ra#-[pi2]
14. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
reverse
1. _igi_ sin-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ ib*-ni*-{d*}[gibil6*]
2. _igi_ sze-le-bi-ia _dumu_ sa-al*-di*-[ia*]
3. _igi_ ip-qu2-{d}utu _dumu_ e-tel-pi4#-{d}utu
4. _igi_ ri-isz-{d}utu _dumu_ ARAD-{d}utu
5. _igi_ be-da-ia _dumu_ ma-ni-ia
6. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}gibil6!* _dumu_ a-wi-il-{d*}utu!*
7. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}gibil6!* _dumu_ a-hu-la-ap-{d}utu
8. _igi_ i-din-akszak{ki}-ia _dumu_ sin-ra-bi
9. _igi_ sin-re-me-ni _dumu_ a-hu-um-wa-qar
10. _igi_ ri-isz-{d}utu x
11. _igi_ a-pil-i3-li2-szu _dub-sar_
12. _mu_ unu{ki} i3-si-in#{ki}
  (* collations of Kalla ZA 90, 146)

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Inheritance)
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  • primary: MHET 2/2, 147

    [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.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 366

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 079486
  • Accession No.: 1889-10-14, 0027

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-07 at 19:53:57 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2019-04-13 at 03:48:05 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2019-03-08 at 08:20:46 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-09-01 at 12:21:57 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-09-01 at 12:21:23 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-08-19 at 09:37:32 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-07-26 at 12:41:19 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 147 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481405.
MHET 2/2, 147 artifact entry (No. P481405). (2024, December 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481405 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 147 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481405 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 7},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 147 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481405},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481405},
}


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