MHET 2/2, 322 (P481678)

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 017421

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Litigation)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. asz-szum _e2 ki-[gal2*_]
2. _da e2_ {d}szara2*-[zi-da]
3. u3 _da e2_ e-[te-ia]
4. sza _ki_ dingir-szu-ba-ni [...]
5. _dumu-mesz_ {d}szara2-zi-[da]
6. {disz}ni-szi-i-ni-szu _lukur {d}utu dumu#-[munus*_ a*-bi*-ia*-tum]
7. i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza _in-szi-[in-sa10]_
8. {[disz]}sin-i-din-nam _dumu_ {d}szara2-zi#-[da]
9. [a]-na# {disz}ib-ni-{d}iszkur u3 sin-i-din-nam _dumu_ x [...] i-te-ru ir-[gu-um-ma?]
10. [...]-ha-bi-lum _dumu_ lugal-[...]
11. [_di-ku5]-mesz_ babila2{ki} u3 zimbir#[{ki} ...]
12. [... i-mu]-ru-ma
13. [... u2]-sza#-hi-zu-szu-nu-ti# [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] tu/li/sar? [...]
2'. [...] e2# ki-gal2#_ ma-la ma-[s,u2-u2]
3'. [...] _dumu-mesz_ sin-e-ri-ba#-[am]
4'. [la] i#-tu-ru la i-ra-ga#-[mu]
5'. [_mu_ {d}]utu {d}amar-utu ha-am-mu#-[ra-pi2 ...]
6'. [u3] {iri}zimbir{ki} _in-[pa3-de3-mesz]_
7'. [_igi_] i#-ba-lu-ut, _ugula dam-gar3-mesz#_ [...]
8'. _igi_ e-tel-pu-um _di-ku5_
9'. _igi_ sin-i-din-nam _igi_ i-bi-[...]
10'. _dumu-mesz_ sin-e-[...]
11'. _igi_ i#-pi2#-iq#-isz8#-tar2#
  rest broken
top
1. _iti#_ x [...]
2. _mu hur-sag_ x [...]
  (* collations of G. Kalla ZA 90, 148)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Litigation)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 322

    [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: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 353

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017421
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0135

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-17 at 12:06:43 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-09-14 at 14:09:57 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-09-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/2, 322 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481678.
MHET 2/2, 322 artifact entry (No. P481678). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481678 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 322 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481678 (Accessed: November 16, 2025).
@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 322 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481678},
}


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M1  - 2025/11/16/
TI  - MHET 2/2, 322 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/2, 322 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481678.
MHET 2/2, 322 artifact entry (No. P481678). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481678 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 322 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481678 (Accessed: November 16, 2025).
@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 322 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481678},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P481678
LB  - CDLI:P481678
M1  - 2025/11/16/
TI  - MHET 2/2, 322 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481678
ER  -
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