MHET 2/2, 148 (P481406)

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 080842

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Field lease)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _a-sza3_ ma-la ma-s,u2-u2#
2. i-na _a-gar3_ ma-ha-na
3. i-ta _a#-sza3_ tap-pu-um
4. i-na _a-sza3_ ri#-im-isz8#-tar2#
5. u3 i-ta _a-gar3_ mu-s,e
6. _ki_ ma-as-ma-ra-tum
7. _dumu-munus_ a-hu-szi-na
8. {disz}i-bi-{d}nin-szubur
9. _dumu_ za-ma-nim
10. u3 a-pil-i3-li2-sza
11. _dumu_ t,a3-ab-s,i2-lum
reverse
1. _a-sza3_ a-na _mu 3(disz)-kam_
2. u2-sze-s,u2-u2
3. sza-tum 1(disz) 4(barig) _sze_
  Dekiere reads: 0.1.4.0 sze
4. i-na _e2 {d}utu_
5. _i3-ag2-e-mesz_
6. _igi_ si2-na-tum
7. _dumu_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu
8. _igi_ si2-ia-<tum>
9. _igi_ a-pa-an-dingir
10. _dumu-mesz_ a-na-e2-a-tak-la-a-ku

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Field lease)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 148

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 080842
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0981

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
2018-07-26 at 12:41:20 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, 148 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481406.
MHET 2/2, 148 artifact entry (No. P481406). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481406 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 148 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481406 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 148 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481406},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481406},
}

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