MHET 2/2, 216 (P481473)

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 081037

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Exchange of real estate)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x _iku_ [...]
2'. _us2-sa-du a-sza3_ x [...]
3'. u3 _us2-sa-du a-sza3_ i-na li-ib-bi-im#-[er]-sze#-[et]
4'. _ki_ i-na-li-ib-bi-im-er-sze-et
5'. _dumu-munus_ {d}utu-e-ri-ba-am
6'. {disz}be-el-ta-ni _lukur {d}utu_
7'. _dumu-munus_ ri-ba-am-i3-li2
8'. a-na _pa5 2(disz) sag-bi a-sza3_-sza
9'. u2-pi2-ih-ma
10'. pu-uh2-szu
11'. 3(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) _sar a-sza3_
12'. 2(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) _nindan usz_
reverse
1. _1(disz) nindan 2(disz) kusz3 1(u) 4(disz) szu-si usz#_
2. _us2-sa-du a-sza3_ be-el-ta-ni
3. u3 _us2-sa-du a-sza3_ i-na-li-ib-bi-im-er#-sze#-et#
4. {disz}be-el-ta-ni
5. a-na i-na-li-ib-bi-im-er-sze-et
6. u2-pi2-ih-szi-im
7. pu-ta x x li-ib-ba-szi-na t,a3-ab
8. _u4-kur2-sze3 nu-mu-un-gi4-gi4-da_
9. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}amar-utu
10. u3# ha#-am#-mu#-ra#-pi2# _lugal#-e#_
  rest broken
left
1. _<iti> apin-du8-a u4 5(disz)-kam_
2. _mu bad3 gal zimbir{ki}_

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Exchange of real estate)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 216

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 081037
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1175

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-08-24 at 18:04:16 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2015-08-28 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 216 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481473.
MHET 2/2, 216 artifact entry (No. P481473). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481473 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 216 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481473 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 216 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481473},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481473},
}

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