MHET 2/2, 331 (P481688)

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 080486

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(esze3)# _iku# a#-[sza3_ ...]
2. zi-ik-zi-lim# [...]
3. sza ar-na-ba [...]
4. _dumu-munus_ a-bi-x-x
5. 1(esze3)# 2(iku)# _iku 2(u)# [n]+2(disz)# sar a-[sza3_ ...]
6. [...] na-szu [...]
7. [...] im-gu-[...]
8. [...]
9. 1(esze3)# [n] _iku# 2(u)# 4(disz)# sar#_ [...]
10. i-ta# sin-im-gu-ra-an-ni
11. {disz}{d}suen-[im-gu-ra]-an-ni
12. 1(esze3) 2(iku) _iku# 2(u) 5(disz) sar a-sza3_
13. i-ta sin-dingir [... _dumu_] sin-i-din-nam
14. 1(esze3) [n] _iku n sar a-sza3_
15. i-ta x x x [...] {d}suen-x-x
16. [...]
17. [...] x _a-sza3_ x x x [...]
18. [...] x x x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. x x x x x ni
2'. [...] _iku a-sza3_ i-ta# di-ha-ta-nim#?
3'. [...] sin-im-gu-ra-an-ni
4'. i-na _a-gar3_ tu-ha-mi-im
5'. 2(iku) _iku 2(u) [n]+2(disz) sar# a-sza3#_ x [...]
6'. [i]-ta# x x x sin-dingir
7'. [...] 1(u) 5(disz) _sar a-sza3_ i-ta sin-dingir
8'. [...] i#-din#-nam _dumu_ na-x-x-li-im
9'. [...] x x x [...]
10'. [...]
  n lines broken
11'. [...] ha-am#-[mu-ra-pi2 ...]
  single ruling
12'. _igi_ nu-[...]
13'. _igi_ i-t,ur2-[...]
14'. _igi#_ [...]
  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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 331

    [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 080486
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0624

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 04:42:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-14 at 14:11:35 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, 331 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481688.
MHET 2/2, 331 artifact entry (No. P481688). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481688 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 331 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481688 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 331 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481688},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481688},
}

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