MHET 2/2, 222 (P481479)

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 080689

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Field lease)

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(iku) 1(u) _iku a-sza3_ [...]
  Dekiere transliterates: 0.0.04;10 iku
2. [i]-ta i-din?-nu di la x [...] x x
3. [...] x na-ba-al-ka-[...] x
4. [...] x x sza me-ra-dingir [...]
5. [...] _a-sza3#_ [...]
6. _ki#_ [...] x x x x x
7. {disz}[...-{d}]mar-tu
8. [...]-ba-ni
9. [... a-na er]-re#-szu-tim
10. [...] _igi# 3(disz)-gal2_
11. u2#-sze-s,i2
reverse
1. [n]+2(disz) _ezem 2(ban2) zi3-da#_ [...]
2. 1(disz) _uzu-am3_ i-pa-qi2-[...]
3. 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ ni-ba-ha-x
  Greengus JAOS 121, 265 suggests: ne2-ba-ha-am
4. _i3-la2-e_
  single ruling
5. _igi_ mi-lik-{d}utu
6. _igi_ sin-i-din-nam
7. _igi_ i-din-sin
8. _igi#_ sza-ma-ia-tum
9. _igi_ SIG-e2-a _dub-sar_
10. _iti sig4-a#_ [...]
11. _mu bara2 gal#-gal#-la_ x

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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: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Field lease)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 222

    [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 080689
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0827

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 04:42:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-29 at 13:18:04 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Jagersma, Bram 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, 222 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481479.
MHET 2/2, 222 artifact entry (No. P481479). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481479 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 222 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481479 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 222 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481479},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481479},
}

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