MHET 2/2, 304 (P481573)

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 081322

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Field lease)

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(iku) _iku a-sza3_
2. i-na ba-la-la
3. _ki_ be-li-su2-nu
4. _dumu_ ka-za-tum
5. {disz}lu2-{d}nin-si-an-na
6. _dumu_ sin-i-qi2-sza-am
7. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim
8. a-na sza-lu-usz-tim
9. u2-sze#-s,i2#
reverse
1. sza-lu-usz-tam
2. i-na _{gesz}ban2 {d}utu_
3. i-na _ka2_ ga-gi-im
4. _i3-ag2-e_
5. 2(ban2) _zi3-da-a_
6. u3 mi-sze-er-tam i-pa-qi2-is*
  collation of Woestenburg AfO 44/45, 353
7. _igi_ {d}utu {d}a-a
8. _igi_ i-tu-lum
9. _dumu_ sin-i-din-nam
10. _igi_ ib-ba-tum
left
1. _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
2. _mu bad3 kar {d}utu_

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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 (Field lease)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 304

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 081322
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1458

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-14 at 14:08:59 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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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 304 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481573.
MHET 2/2, 304 artifact entry (No. P481573). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481573 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 304 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481573 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 304 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481573},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481573},
}

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