MHET 2/2, 224 (P481481)

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 017355

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Inheritance)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(esze3) 2(iku) _iku a-sza3_ i-na _a-gar3_ eb#-le
2. sza _ki_ inim-{d}utu _dumu_ sin-i-din#-nam# isz-sza-mu
3. 2(iku) _iku a-sza3_ i-na _bala-ri_ i-na _a-gar3_ ka-bi-ri-im
4. sza it-ti li-qu2-ut-{d}a-a _lukur {d}utu dumu-munus_ bur-sin isz-sza-mu
5. 1(iku) _iku {gesz}kiri6_ i-na _gu2 i7_ zimbir{ki}
6. i-ta _{gesz}kiri6_ ARAD-sin _dumu_ an-na-an
7. 2(disz) _sar# e2# du3#-[a]_ i#-na zimbir{ki}
8. 2(disz)# [...] _e2 du3-[a]_ i#-na zimbir{ki}-edin-na
9. _e2_ sa3-ni-iq#-qa2#-be2-e-{d}utu _dumu_ tap-pu-um
10. [i]-na _har ku3-babbar_ [...]
11. i-na a-x [...] x
12. x x 5(disz) x [...] x e na4 sza PA u3 mi-har-x
13. [...] u3#? li-bi x [...] x x
14. x x [...] x [...] x x du x
15. x x [...] a x qa2-du-um x x
16. [1(disz)] _sag-geme2_ isz8#-tar2#-a-x [...]
17. [1(disz)] _sag-geme2_ isz8-tar2-na-x [...]
18. [1(disz)] _sag-geme2_ [...] {d}suen-re-me-[ni ...] x x x
19. [1(disz)] _sag-geme2_ [...] _szu-i_
20. [1(disz)] _sag-geme2_ [...] x ka-la-tum
21. [1(disz)] _sag-geme2_ [...]
22. [1(disz)] _sag-geme2_ [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x
2'. [...] it-mu
3'. [...] x
4'. [...]-ra#-am
5'. [_igi_ ...] _dumu_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
6'. [_igi_ ...] x _dumu_ dingir-szu-a-bu-szu
7'. [_igi_ ...] _dumu_ e-ri-ba-am#
8'. [_igi_ ...] x x x x _dumu_ ZI x NI
9'. [_igi_ ...] x _dumu_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur
10'. [_igi_ ...] x _dumu_ lugal-{d}utu
11'. [_igi_ ...] {d}utu _dumu_ asz-ku-bi-ia
12'. [_igi_ ...] _dub-sar_
single ruling
13'. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 6(disz)-kam_
14'. _mu bara2 gal-gal-la {d}utu {d}iszkur_

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Inheritance)
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Related publications

primary: MHET 2/2, 224

[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.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 017355
Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0069

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.26.12.06
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2019-06-29 at 04:42:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		CDLI	Approved
2018-08-24 at 18:04:16	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2015-08-28 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

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Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.17355) (BM.17355)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-0115-69) (W_1894-0115-69)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 224 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481481.

MHET 2/2, 224 artifact entry (No. P481481). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481481 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/2, 224 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481481 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481481},
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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 224 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481481.

MHET 2/2, 224 artifact entry (No. P481481). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481481 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/2, 224 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481481 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 224 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481481},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481481},
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