MHET 2/2, 299 (P481560)

Business / Contracts 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 080367

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Adoption)

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tablet
obverse
1. _ibila#_ geme2#-{[d]}utu# _lukur {d}utu# [dumu-munus_ sin-i-din-nam]
2. {disz}e-li-e-ri#-[sa _dumu-munus_ nu-ur2-...]
3. re-di-it# [wa-ar]-ka-ti#-sza
4. 1(esze3)# _GAN2# [a]-sza3#_ i-na _a-gar3_ {iri}hu-ba
5. [i]-ta# _a-sza3_ be-la-ia _dumu-munus_ {d}utu-na-s,ir
6. _sag#_-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma_ szu-s,u2-u2-tum
7. _sag#-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma e_
8. [...] _GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na sza-ba-ga!*-ni*-im*
9. [i]-ta a-pil2-i3-li2-szu# _dumu_ na!*-[ra*-am*-{d}suen*]
collations of G. Kalla ZA 90, 148
10. 5/6(disz) _sar e2 du3-a_ i#-[na ...] _kaskal_-im
11. _da# e2_ geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ ni-id-nu-sza
12. u3# _da e2_ geme2-{d}utu _[dumu]-munus#_ ib-ni-{d}x
13. mi-im-ma an-ni-im#
14. sza geme2-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu dumu-munus_ sin-i-di#-[nam]
reverse
1. a#-na e-li-e-ri-sa _dumu-munus_ nu-ur2#-[...]
2. i-na-di-nu a-di geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ sin-i-di#-nam
3. ba-al-t,a3-at i-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
4. 2(gesz2) 2(disz) _sze gur 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar siki-ba
5. u3 6(disz) _sila3 i3-gesz i3-ba_ i-na-ad-di-nu#-szi
6. 3(disz) _ezem {d}utu 1(ban2) zi3-da-ta-am3_
7. u3 1(disz) _uzu-ta-am3_ i#-[pa]-qi2#-si2#
8. e-zu-ub 5(gesz2) _sze gur_ [...] x x [...]
9. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
10. u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 it-mu-u2#
11. _igi_ {d}utu-ba#-ni _dumu_ {d}iszkur-ra#-bi
12. _igi_ akszak{ki}-ma-gir _dumu_ be-el-szu#-nu#
13. _igi_ {d}nin x x ra#? [...]
14. _igi_ ib-ni-e2-a _dumu_ e#-[...]
15. _igi_ ni-szi-[...]
left
column 1
1. _igi#_ x x x x [...]
2. _igi_ {d}a-a-[...]
3. _igi#_ mu-ha-di-[...]
column 2
1. _igi#_ {d}erisz#-ti#-{d}a#-a# _dumu#-munus#_ [...]
2. _iti apin-du8-a_
3. _mu_ {d}tasz-me#-tum#

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (Adoption)
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Related publications

primary: MHET 2/2, 299

[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. 384-385

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 080367
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0506

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.41.08.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2021-10-07 at 21:00:10	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		CDLI	Approved
2018-09-14 at 14:08:56	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2015-08-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.80367) (BM.80367)
British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-506) (W_1891-0509-506)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 299 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481560.

MHET 2/2, 299 artifact entry (No. P481560). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481560 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/2, 299 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481560 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481560},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 299 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481560.

MHET 2/2, 299 artifact entry (No. P481560). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481560 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/2, 299 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481560 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 299 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481560},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481560},
}

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