MHET 2/2, 255 (P481512)

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 016961

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 (Bequest)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(iku) _[GAN2] a-sza3_ [...]
2. [... hal]-hal-la
3. i-na#? [...] x x x
4. i-ta# [...] e
5. i-ta# [... an]-nu-ni-tum
6. 1(disz) _sag_ [...] {d#}ma-mi#
7. 1(disz) _geme2_ [...]-iq-tum
8. 1(disz) _ab2_ [...] udu*-hi*-a
  so Kalla ZA 90, 147, but Suurmeijer reads: i-ba-x
9. a-na x [...]-ti-sza
10. _dumu_ [...]
11. sza sin-sza-du-ni
12. a-na ma-an-na-szi
13. ma-ar-ti-sza
14. i-di-nu
reverse
1. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a#-a# {d}amar-utu
2. u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2#
3. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
4. _igi_ dingir-pi4-{d}a-a
5. _igi_ {d}suen-ba-ni _sanga {d}utu_
6. _igi_ {d}suen-ba-ni
7. _igi_ bur-nu-nu
8. _igi_ {d}nanna-tum
9. _igi_ u2-s,ur-me-e-{d}utu
10. _mu an {d}inanna_ [...]
envelope
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _igi#_ dingir#-[pi4-{d}a-a]
2'. _igi_ {d}suen-[ba-ni _sanga {d}utu_]
3'. _igi_ {d}suen-ba#-[ni]
4'. _igi#_ bur-nu-[nu]
5'. _igi#_ {d}nanna#-[tum]
6'. _igi#_ u2-s,ur-[me-e-{d}utu]
7'. _igi#_ {d}suen-a-ha-am#-[...]
8'. _igi#_ lugal-x x [...]
9'. [...] erisz-ti-{d}[...]
10'. [...] _dumu-munus_ x [...]
seal 1
1. [...] x {d}utu x [...]
2. [...] dingir [...]
3. [...] x [...]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
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  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    frag of case attached

  • Genre(s): Legal (Bequest)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 255

    [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.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 380-381

    [Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 016961
  • Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0077

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-02 at 15:27:10 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-02 at 10:35:20 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity 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
2021-10-07 at 20:39:28 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-01 at 12:02:25 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

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

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 255 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481512.
MHET 2/2, 255 artifact entry (No. P481512). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481512 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 255 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481512 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 255 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481512},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481512},
}


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