MHET 2/2, 202 (P481459)

Legal envelope 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 017451A

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (?)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) _sar e2 du3-a_
2. _da e2_ u#-bar-su2#-nu
3. _sag-bi e-sir2_
4. _e2_ ak-la-tum _dumu-munus_ {d}amar-utu-[mu-ba-li2]-it,
5. 1(disz) 2/3(disz) _sar 4(disz) gin2 e2 du3-a_
6. _da e2_ ak-la-tum
7. _sag-bi e-sir2_
8. _e2_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur _dumu_ {d}amar-utu-mu-ba-li-it,
9. 5/6(disz) _sar 2(disz) gin2 e2 du3-a_
10. _da e2_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur
11. u3# _da# e2#_ [...] x hu x x [...]
12. [...] x
13. [...] x x x x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] {d}utu-x x
2'. [_igi_ ...]-ba-ni _dumu_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza#-am
3'. [_igi_] x x x x i3-li2-ba#-zi?
4'. [...] {d}amar-utu-mu#-ba#-li#-it,#
5'. [... {d}]amar-utu-na-s,i-ir
6'. [...] {d}suen#-re#-me-ni _dumu_ ap-pa-an-[...]
7'. _igi_ tu-tu-ni-szu _dumu_ {d}suen-[...]-a-am
8'. _igi_ ki#-gu-la _dub-sar dumu_ ARAD-[...]
9'. _iti szu-numun-a u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_
10'. _mu#_ ha#-am#-mu#-ra#-pi2# _lugal# bad3 mah igi-hur-sag-ga2 x x [...]-a_
  some text moved to previous line
  traces of seal impression
right
  traces of seal impression

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (?)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P481459

Physical information

Artifact type Envelope
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 017451A
Accession Number 1894-01-15, 0165A

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.17451
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-0115-165

References

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 202

    [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
2025-03-02 at 10:35:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune 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
2018-08-16 at 17:42:07 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2015-08-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 202 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481459.
MHET 2/2, 202 artifact entry (No. P481459). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481459 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 202 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481459 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2025MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 202 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481459},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481459},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 202 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481459.
MHET 2/2, 202 artifact entry (No. P481459). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481459 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 202 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481459 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 202 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481459},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481459},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/2/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P481459
LB  - CDLI:P481459
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - MHET 2/2, 202 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481459
ER  -
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