MHET 2/2, 334 (P481691)

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 080734

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 sale)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] _a#-sza3#_ x [...]
2'. [_sag-bi 1(disz)]-kam-ma i7-[sal4-ta_]
3'. [_sag-bi] 2(disz)-kam-ma a-sza3_ dingir-szu-ba#-[ni]
4'. [...] a-ta-ap sza bu-sza
5'. [_ki_] bur-{d}a-a _dumu_ dingir-pi4-nu-nu
6'. [...] e#-ri-isz-ti-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu_
7'. [_dumu-munus_] {d}suen#-ta-ia-ar
8'. [i-na _har] ku3-babbar_-sza _in-szi-in-sa10_
9'. [_sa10] til#-la-bi-sze3_
10'. [...] _ma#-na ku3-babbar in#-na#-in-la2_
11'. [_sza3-ga]-a-ni al-du10_
12'. [_inim-bi] al-til_
13'. [_u4-kur2-sze3 lu2] lu2#-ra inim nu-ga2-ga2-a_
14'. [_mu_ ...]
15'. ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal-e_
16'. [... {iri}]zimbir#{ki}
17'. [it-mu]-u2
reverse
1. [_igi_ ...]-sze-mi
2. [...]-za-am
3. [...]-i-din-nam
4. [...] si-li-li
5. [... i]-din#-i3-li2-szu
6. [... {d}]nin-szubur
7. [...]-ti#-{d}suen
8. [...]-ma#-gir
9. [...] x s,i [...]
10. [...] x x [...]
11. x-sza-mu [...]
  rest broken

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 334

    [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 080734
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0872

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 04:42:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-17 at 11:11:52 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. 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, 334 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481691.
MHET 2/2, 334 artifact entry (No. P481691). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481691 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 334 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481691 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 334 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481691},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481691},
}

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