MHET 2/2, 217 (P481474)

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 017420

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (?)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(iku) _iku a-sza3 kankal_ i-na ba-ab# [a]-lim
2. i-ta _a-sza3_ ib-na-tum
3. u3 i-ta _a-sza3#_ t,a3-ri-du-um [...]
4. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma e_ {i7}szar-[rim]
5. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma a-sza3_ {d}suen-re#-[me-ni]
6. _ki_ e-ri-isz-ti-{d}a-a _lukur# [{d}utu]_
7. _dumu-munus_ u-bar-{d}utu
8. {disz#}[...]-ta#-szi-im _lukur-{d}utu_
  rest broken
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1. _mu bara2 gal-gal-la ku3-sig17 bad3 x [...] {d}utu {d}iszkur {d}a-na-x-[...]_
  some text moved to preceding line

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 217

    [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 017420
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0134

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 04:42:31 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, 217 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481474.
MHET 2/2, 217 artifact entry (No. P481474). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481474 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 217 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481474 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 217 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481474},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481474},
}


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