MHET 2/2, 338 (P481695)

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 087234

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)

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(esze3) 2(iku) 1/2(disz) _iku a-sza3_ i-na usz-gid2#-da
2. qa2-du-um _an-za3-gar3_ u3 _kislah_
3. i-ta _a-sza3_ geme2-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu dumu_ bu-la-lum
4. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ e-ri-isz-tum _lukur {d}utu_
5. _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it,
6. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam a-sza3_ ri-sza-tum _lukur {d}utu_
7. _dumu-munus_ {d}utu-a-bu-um
8. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam i7 lu2_ pu-usz{ki}
9. _ki_ {d}suen#-i#-din-nam _lu2_ sig4-a{ki}
10. {disz*}{d}sze-ri-iq-ti-{d}a-a _lukur {d}utu_
11. _dumu-munus_ s,il2-li2-{d}utu
12. i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza _in-szi-in-sa10_
13. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3 1/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
14. _in-na-an-la2_
15. _{gesz}gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
reverse
1. _inim-bi al-til_
2. _[u4-kur2]-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_
3. _[inim] nu-um#-ga2-ga2-a_
4. _mu_ {d}[utu] {d}amar-utu
5. {disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
6. u3 {iri}zimbir{ki} it-mu-u2
7. _ku3-babbar_ la x x-im
8. x x x x x-ad-szu
9. x x x x x [...] x x
10. _igi_ dingir-pi4-sza _dumu_ ba-za-zu-um
11. _igi_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2
12. _dumu_ {d}utu-li-wi-ir
13. _igi_ sin-x-ba* _dumu_ i3-li2-ub-li-im
14. _igi#_ sin-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ ma-an-nu-um-ki-ma-sin
15. [_igi_] SIG-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ ri-isz-{d}utu
16. [_igi_] NI# x x _dumu#_ {d}utu-a-bu-um
left
1. _igi_ utu*-illat-su2 [...]
  Dekiere adds: _lukur {d}utu igi_ [...], Woestenburg: illegible
2. [...]
  (* collations of Woestenburg AfO 44/45, 353)

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 (Field sale)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 338

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 087234
  • Accession No.: 1900-10-13, 0014

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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, 338 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481695.
MHET 2/2, 338 artifact entry (No. P481695). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481695 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 338 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481695 (Accessed: May 10, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 338 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481695},
}


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