MHET 2/2, 258 (P481520)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 016586

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Bequest)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [1(esze3) 1(iku)] 1/2(iku) _iku a-sza3 ab#-sin2#_
2. _a-gar3_ na-gu-um
3. i-ta _a-sza3_ dingir-szu-ba-ni u3 i-ta [...]
4. 3(iku) _iku a-sza3 sal-la_ {i7}ir-ni-na
5. i-ta _a-sza3_ e-la-li u3 i-ta dingir-x x
6. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ {i7}ir-ni-na
7. _sag#-bi 2(disz)-kam_ x x x ba gi nim
  single ruling
8. ($ blank space $) 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) _a-sza3_
9. mu-ha-ad-di-tum? _dumu-munus_ gi-x-x
10. {disz}sin-re-me-ni {disz}nu-ur2-dingir-szu
11. u3#? e-tel-pi2-{d}utu? a-ah-hu-sza
12. [...] x x x [...]
reverse
1. id-di-nu-szi-im#
2. i-na _mu 1(disz)-kam igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_
3. n _sila3 i3-gesz 3(u) sila3 x x x
4. _igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_ a-na x x i3-gesz x x x [...]
5. _igi-1(u)-5(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_
6. ah-hu-sza i-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
7. i#-na#-ad-di#-nu-szi-im
8. _a#-sza3_-sza a-di? ba? [...]
9. a#-na# _mu#_ [...]
left
1. _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 2(u)-[kam]_
2. _mu_ an {d}inanna {d}na-na-a-[a ...]

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Bequest)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P481520

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 016586
Accession Number 1892-05-16, 0122

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.16586
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1892-0516-122

References

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 258

    [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. 382

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2021-10-07 at 20:47:45 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2018-09-01 at 12:02:26 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2015-08-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 258 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481520.
MHET 2/2, 258 artifact entry (No. P481520). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481520 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 258 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481520 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	title = {MHET 2/2, 258 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481520},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481520},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 258 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481520.
MHET 2/2, 258 artifact entry (No. P481520). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481520 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 258 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481520 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 258 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481520},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481520},
}


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