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MHET 2/2, 190 (P481447)

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 016960

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 an e2.ki.bal)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 1/2(disz) _sar e2 ki-bala_
2. _da e2_ {d}isz-ha-ra
3. u3 _da e2_ lu2-{d}iszkur _dumu_ bur#-ri-ia
4. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam sila_ {d}bu-ne-ne2
5. _egir-bi e2_ ha-li-ia-tum _dumu-munus_ x x x x x
6. _ki_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir _dumu_ sin-e-ri-ba-am
7. {disz}geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ inim-{d}nanna
8. i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza _in-szi-in-sa10_
9. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
10. 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-[la2]_
11. _{gesz}gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
12. _inim-bi al-til_
13. _mu_ {d}a-a {d}amar-utu
14. u3 ha-a-mu-ra-pi2
reverse
1. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
2. _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir _dumu_ _dumu_ dingir-szu-i-bi
3. _igi_ i-pi2-iq-{d}nin-gal
4. _igi_ {d}utu-i3-kusz2 _dumu_ a-pil-i3-li2-szu
5. _igi_ {d}ba-ni _dumu_ dingir-szu-i-bi-szu!
6. _igi_ nu-rum-li-s,i2 _dumu_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu
  blank space
7. _mu gu-za {d}inanna ki-bala masz-da3{ki}

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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 (Sale of an e2.ki.bal)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 190

    [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 016960
  • Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0076

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
2022-07-04 at 11:51:38 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-01 at 12:05:30 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, 190 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481447.
MHET 2/2, 190 artifact entry (No. P481447). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481447 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 190 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481447 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 190 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481447},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481447},
}

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