MHET 2/2, 218 (P481475)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 017475AProvenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
EnvelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Field lease)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. [...] i-na me-[sze-qum]
3'. i-na pi2-[i a-ap-tim]
4'. _i3-[ag2-e]_
5'. 4(disz) ezem [...]
6'. i-pa-aq#-[qi2-...]
7'. _igi_ e2-idim-an-na#-[ma-an-szum2]
8'. _dumu_ ka-lu#-[mu-um]
9'. _igi_ x [...]
10'. _dumu_ sin#-[...]
11'. _igi_ NI [...]
12'. _dumu-munus_ [...]
13'. _igi_ [...]
reverse
1. _dumu_ [...]
rest broken
left
1. _mu bara2 gal-gal ku3-sig17 {d}utu {d}iszkur# {d}{sze3}szer7-da# mu#-na#-dim2_
seal impression
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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: Envelope
- Material: Clay
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primary: MHET 2/2, 218
[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 017475A
- Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0189A
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.26.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-03-02 at 10:35:20 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2019-06-29 at 04:42:30 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Transliteration | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2018-08-24 at 18:04:16 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Transliteration | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2015-08-28 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.17475) (BM.17475)
- British Museum Collection (W_1894-0115-189) (W_1894-0115-189)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
Cite this Artifacts
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note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
year = {2025},
month = {mar 2},
title = {MHET 2/2, 218 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P481475},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481475},
}
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