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MHET 2/2, 241 (P481498)

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 017502

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Rent of an atappum)

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tablet
obverse
1. a-ta-pu _{gesz}kiri6_ pa-ni _{gesz}kiri6
2. sza su2-qi2 {d}en-lil2
3. isz-tu pu-ut pi2-ti-iq-tim sza _{gesz}kiri6_ sza ta ma ki sza-ap-li
4. a-na sza-la-asz bi-ni-e
5. {disz}zu-za-nu-um
6. _dumu_ u2#-qa3#-dingir
7. {disz}zu-za-nu-um me-e i-pe2*-ti-e#-ma
8. 1/3(disz) _ma-<na> ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
9. u3 sin-i-din-nam i-pe2*-te-me
10. 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
reverse
1. _igi_ SIG-er-s,i-tim _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}ba*-ba6*
2. _igi_ a-wi-li-li _dumu_ ip-qu2-sza
3. _igi_ li-te-ri _dumu_ {d}utu-illat-ti
4. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}utu _dumu_ ma-ni-i
5. _igi_ {d}utu-szi-me-a-ni _dumu_ sza-ia-a
6. _igi_ dumu-sza-ba-ia _dumu_ ri-isz-{d}utu
7. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}gibil6 _dumu_ sin-i-qi2-sza
8. _igi_ {d}bu-ne2-ne2-a-bi _dumu_ sin-i-qi2-sza
9. _[iti] sig4-a_
  blank space
10. _mu# ma-da_ ia-mu-ut-ba-lum u3 _lugal-e_ ri-im-sin
  (* collations of Woestenburg, AfO 44/45, 353)

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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 (Rent of an atappum)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 241

    [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.

  • collation: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 353 (coll.)

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017502
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0216

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2018-09-01 at 12:07:48 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-08-24 at 18:05:52 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, 241 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481498.
MHET 2/2, 241 artifact entry (No. P481498). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481498 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 241 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481498 (Accessed: April 19, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {MHET 2/2, 241 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481498},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481498},
}

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