MHET 2/2, 151 (P481409)

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 081584

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. 1(esze3)# 3(iku)# _iku a-sza3_ i-na ip-la#-hi-i
2. _ki_ geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ sin-i-din-nam
3. {disz}ARAD-sa3 _dumu_ mu-tam-ra-me-e
4. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim
5. u3-sze-s,i2 _u4 buru14-sze3_
6. sza-li-isz-tam
7. i-na _e2 {d}utu_
8. u2-bi-ib
9. 3(disz) _ezem_ 2(ban2) _zi3-da-hi-a#_
reverse
1. u3 mi-sze-er-tam
2. i-pa-qi2-is-si2
3. _igi_ {d}ma-na
  single ruling
4. _igi_ geme2-tum _dumu-munus_ {d}utu-ba-ni
5. _igi_ sza-at-{d}a-a _dumu-munus_ ARAD-{d}suen#
6. _dumu-munus_ {d}a-a-tal-lik
7. _dumu-munus_ dingir-dingir-ri-sza
8. _igi_ a-ha-tum
9. _mu i7_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2

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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, 151

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 081584
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1716

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2018-07-26 at 12:41:20 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2015-08-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 151 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481409.
MHET 2/2, 151 artifact entry (No. P481409). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481409 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 151 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481409 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).
@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 151 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481409},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481409},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 151 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481409.
MHET 2/2, 151 artifact entry (No. P481409). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481409 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 151 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481409 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).
@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 151 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481409},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481409},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P481409
LB  - CDLI:P481409
M1  - 2026/1/29/
TI  - MHET 2/2, 151 artifact entry
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