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MHET 2/2, 221 (P481478)

Legal tablet & 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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 081301

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Field lease)

Language(s)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [n] _iku# a-sza3_ [...]
2. [i]-na# za-ar-ba-tum#
3. _ki_ e-ri-isz!-tum
4. _dumu-munus_ be-el-szu-nu#
5. {disz}ia-ku-um-ma-[tum]
6. _dumu#_ a#-bi#-ia#-[tum]
rest broken
reverse
(hidden by envelope)
envelope
obverse
beginning broken
1'. i#-na za-ar-ba-[tum]
2'. _ki_ e-ri-isz-[tum]
3'. _dumu-munus_ be-el-szu-nu#
4'. {disz}ia-ku-ma-[tum]
5'. _dumu_ a-bi-ia-tum#? [...]
6'. _a#-sza3_ a-na er-re#-[szu-tim]
7'. a#-na _gu2-un_ x [...]
reverse
1. u2-sze-[s,i2]
2. _u4 buru14#-[sze3]_
rest broken
left
1. _[mu] bara2 gal-gal ku3-sig17_
seal 1
1. u2-s,ur-me-e-[{d}utu]
2. _[dumu]_ {d}utu-tab-ba-[e]
3. _ARAD_ e2-babbar

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Condition Description:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Field lease)
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/2, 221

[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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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 081301
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1438

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.26.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2019-06-29 at 04:42:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Atf	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		CDLI	approved
2018-08-24 at 18:04:16	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2015-08-28 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

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Seals

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

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

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“MHET 2/2, 221 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481478.

MHET 2/2, 221 artifact entry (No. P481478). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481478 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/2, 221 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481478 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 221 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481478},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481478},
}

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“MHET 2/2, 221 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481478.

MHET 2/2, 221 artifact entry (No. P481478). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481478 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/2, 221 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481478 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 221 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481478},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481478},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2025/4/18/
TI  - MHET 2/2, 221 artifact entry
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ER  -

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