MHET 2/2, 231 (P481488)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der), 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 079767

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Field lease)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _a#-sza3_ ma-la ma#-su2#-u2
2. _ki#_ na-ra-am#-tum# _lukur {d}utu_
3. _dumu-munus_ dingir-x-[...] x
4. {disz}geme2-{d}utu _lukur# {d}utu_
5. _dumu-munus_ a-wi#-il#-i3-li2
6. _a#-sza3_ a-na er-re#-szu#-tim#
7. a-na _gu2-un#_ [u2-sze]-s,i2
8. _gu2-un a-sza3_
9. 3(gesz2) [n?] _sze gur_
reverse
1. _i3-ag2-e_
2. 6(disz) _ezem 2(ban2) zi3-da-ta-am3_
3. u3 1(disz) _uzu-ta-am3_
4. i-pa-qi2-si2
  single ruling
5. _igi_ il#-ta-ni
6. _igi_ ARAD-sin
7. _igi_ pi2-ri-i'-er-s,i-tim
8. _igi_ x [...]-{d}utu
9. _iti# udru{duru5} u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam_
10. _mu#_ e2-nam-he2 e2 {d}iszkur_

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


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 231

    [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 079767
  • Accession No.: 1889-10-14, 0315

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-07 at 20:00:10 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 04:42:32 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-08-24 at 18:05:53 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. 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, 231 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481488.
MHET 2/2, 231 artifact entry (No. P481488). (2024, December 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481488 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 231 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481488 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 7},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 231 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481488},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481488},
}

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