MHET 2/2, 188 (P481445)

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 082528

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(bur3) 1(esze3)# 2(iku) _iku a-sza3_
2. i-[na*] ta#*-[asz*-ku*-un*-esz8*-tar2*]
3. _ki_ [ma*-an*-na*-tum*]
4. [_dumu*-munus*_ ia*]-si!*-dingir
5. {disz}{d}suen#-e-ri-ba-am
6. _dumu#_ {d}utu-illat-su2
7. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu#-tim#
8. a-na _gu2_ u2-sze-s,i2#
9. _u4 buru14-sze3_
10. _gu2-un a-sza3_
reverse
1. 2(u) 8(disz) _gur sze_
  OK? Dekiere: 28.0.0.0 gur sze
2. i-na pi2 a-ap-tim#
3. i-na# {gesz#}me-szi-qum
4. _i3-ag2#-e_
5. 5(disz) _ezem#-hi-a_
6. 5(ban2) _zi3 x [...]-hi-a_
7. [...]-hi-a
8. [...]-ma-an-szum2
top
  broken
left
1. _igi_ na-ra-am-tum
2. _dumu-munus {d}utu-illat#-su2
3. _mu gesz_ {d}na-bi-um
  (* collations of Kalla ZA 90, 147)

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


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 188

    [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 082528
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2532

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 04:42:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-01 at 12:33:51 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-08-16 at 17:41:22 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 188 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481445.
MHET 2/2, 188 artifact entry (No. P481445). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481445 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 188 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481445 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 188 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481445},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481445},
}

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