MHET 2/2, 165 (P481422)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017341

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 house)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u)# 1/3(disz)# _sar e2 du3-a_
2. _da e2_ lugal-{d}utu _dumu_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir#
3. u3 _da e2_ u2-s,i-na-bu-u2
4. _sag#-bi [...] sila-dagal_
5. _e2_ geme2-{d}utu
6. u3 ba-la-nu-um
7. _ki_ geme2-{d}utu
8. u3 ba-la-nu-um
9. {disz}hu-za-la-tum#
10. _dumu-munus_ ak-sza-ia
11. i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza _in-szi-in-sa10#_
12. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-la2_
13. {gesz}gan-na ib2-ta-bala u4-kur2-sze3_
14. _lu2 lu2-ra inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
15. _mu_ {d}amar-utu u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_
16. _in#-pa3-de3-[mesz]_
17. [...] x x i-ma-t,i3-ma hu-za-la#-[tum]
18. _igi_
reverse
1. _igi_ a-ha-am-ar-szi _dumu_ i-din-x-[...]
2. _igi_ li-bu-ra sza _ka2 ga2-gi4#-a#
3. _igi_ e2-idim-an-na-ma-an-szum2
4. _igi#_ ka-lu-mu-um
5. _igi_ {d}nanna-tum _dumu_ inim-{d}utu
6. _igi_ dingir#-pi4-{d}utu? _dumu_ e-tel-pi4-{d}utu
  Dekiere: alternately: dingir-pi4-{d}iszkur
7. _igi_ dumu-{d}utu
8. _dumu_ x-[...]
9. _igi_ [...] x
10. _igi_ [...] x-{d}suen
11. _igi_ x [...] x
12. [...]
13. _igi_ il#-[...] x x x [...]
14. _igi_ la-ma#-si# [...]-ba-ni
15. _igi_ e-ri-isz-tum# [...] {d}nanna-tum
  single ruling
16. _[mu ...] gu-za {d}zar-pa-ni-tum

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Sale of house)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P481422

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 017341
Accession Number 1894-01-15, 0055

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.17341
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-0115-55

References

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 165

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
2018-12-13 at 07:30:28 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2018-07-26 at 12:42:14 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

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 165 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481422.
MHET 2/2, 165 artifact entry (No. P481422). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481422 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 165 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481422 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481422},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481422},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 165 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481422.
MHET 2/2, 165 artifact entry (No. P481422). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481422 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 165 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481422 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481422},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481422},
}


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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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LB  - CDLI:P481422
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - MHET 2/2, 165 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481422
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