MHET 2/2, 268 (P481530)

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 017325

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 (Sale (?) of two ki.gal2 plots)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _sar ki-gal2_
2. _da e2 dumu-me_ nu-ur2-{d}szakkan2
3. u3 _da dumu-me_ qu3-ri-ia
4. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam dumu-me_ hu-ta-szum
5. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma dumu-me_ nu-ur2-{d}szakkan2
6. 1/3(disz) _sar ki-gal2 [da e2]_ dingir-szu-a-bu-szu
7. u3 _da dumu-me_ [qu3]-ri#-ia
8. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma#_ [...] nu-ur2-{d}szakkan2
9. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam sila_
10. _szu-nigin2 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sar ki-gal2_
11. _ki_ szar-rum-{d}iszkur u3 dingir-szu-a-bu-szu
12. _dumu-me_ {d}utu-ra-bi
13. [...] ia# i-ni-ib lu?-la-tim
  rest broken
1'. _inim nu-um#-ga2-ga2-a_
2'. _mu_ [...] {d}amar-utu ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
3'. u3# [... it]-mu-u2
4'. [_igi_ ... a-bu]-um-wa-qar
5'. [...]-tum
6'. [...]-isz-nu-nu
7'. [...]-{d}suen
8'. [...]-{d}szakkan2
9'. [...]-{d}utu
10'. [...]-x-i-din-nam
11'. _igi#_ [...] _dumu_ lu2-{d}nin-szubur
12'. _igi_ x [...]-ru-um
13'. _igi_ SIG-{d}a-a _dub-sar_
14'. _mu_ esz3-nun-na{ki} a gal-gal mu-un-gul-gul_
envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. [...] qu3#-ri#-ia#
3'. [... {d}]szakkan2
4'. _[sag]-bi# 1(disz)#-kam#-ma# [...]
5'. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma_ [...]
6'. _szu-nigin2 1(disz)# 5/6(disz)# [sar ki-gal2]_
7'. _ki_ szar-rum#-[{d}iszkur ...]
  rest broken

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    frag of case attached

  • Genre(s): Legal (Sale (?) of two ki.gal2 plots)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 268

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017325
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0039

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
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 04:42:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-01 at 12:02:26 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-30 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) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 268 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481530.
MHET 2/2, 268 artifact entry (No. P481530). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481530 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 268 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481530 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 268 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481530},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481530},
}


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