MHET 2/2, 335 (P481692)

Legal tablet & envelope 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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 080791 & BM 080791A

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. i-na ka#-[...]
2'. i-ta _{gesz}kiri6_ [...]
3'. _dumu-munus_ ZI-x-[...]
4'. u3 i-ta _{gesz}kiri6#_ [...]
5'. _dumu_ a-wi-il#-[...]
6'. _ki_ ri-isz-{d}utu _dumu_ sa#-[la-a]
7'. u3 mu-lu-uk-tum um-mi-sza
8'. {disz}ri-ba-tum _lukur {d}utu_
9'. _dumu-munus_ sa-la-a
reverse
1. 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na ri#-[isz-{d}utu]
2. i-di-in-ma
3. ip-t,u2-ur
4. _mu#_ {d}utu {d}amar-utu
5. [u3 ha]-am#-mu#-ra-[pi2]
  rest broken
left
1. [...] x x [...] x
2. [...] x pu ut zi
envelope
reverse
1. [_igi_ {d}utu]-ra-bi
2. [...] e-ri-ib-{d}[suen]
3. _dumu-me_ zu-ur-[zu-ri-ia]
4. _igi_ {d}utu-bi-ir-ka-[ia ...]
5. [...] x x [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P481692

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 080791 & BM 080791A
Accession Number 1891-05-09 Bu, 0929 & 1891-05-09 Bu, 0929A

External resources

References

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 335

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2018-09-29 at 13:22:43 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2018-09-17 at 11:11:52 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2018-09-14 at 14:11:35 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2015-09-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 335 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481692.
MHET 2/2, 335 artifact entry (No. P481692). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481692 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 335 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481692 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481692},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 335 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481692.
MHET 2/2, 335 artifact entry (No. P481692). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481692 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 335 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481692 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481692},
}

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