MHET 2/3, 344 (P481699)

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 080301

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of a house)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _[...] sar e2-du3-a_ i-na [...] x x x
2. [...] _sila_ [...]
3. u3 [...] x _sag_ x [...] x
4. [...] x [...]
5. [...] x [...]
6. x [...]
7. x [...] x [...]
8. [...] x x [...]
9. [{disz}ni-szi-i]-ni-szu [...]
10. [...] da-nu-um [...]
11. [i-na _har ku3-babbar_]-sza _in-szi-in-sa10#_
12. _[sa10 til]-la-bi-sze3_
13. _n# gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
14. _sza3-ga#-a-ni al-du10_
15. _inim#-bi al#-til#_
reverse
1. _u4 [kur2-sze3] lu2 lu2-ra_
2. _inim# [nu-um]-ga2-ga2-a_
3. _mu_ [... {d}a]-a# {d}marduk
4. u3# [sa-am-su-i]-lu#-na _lugal_ it-mu-u2#
5. _igi_ nu#-[ur2]-i-li2
6. _igi_ sin#?-[...] x x
7. _igi_ {d}utu#? [...]
8. _igi_ x ni [...] x x x [...]
9. _igi_ sig?-na-a?-[...] x x [...]
10. _igi_ sin-x x x [...] x
11. _igi_ e-te-ia#-[tum] _lukur_ {d}utu
12. _igi_ i-tur2?-ki-nu#-[um] _di-ku5_
13. _igi_ dumu-munus-[...] ni
14. _igi_ sin-x x [...] ni
15. _igi_ x [...] x x x _dub-sar_
envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. i#-[ta ...]
2'. u3# [i-ta ...]
3'. _dumu#-munus#_ [...]
4'. _sag-bi 1(disz)_-[...]
5'. _egir e2_ [...]
6'. _dumu#-munus#_ [...]
7'. [_ki_] e-ri-[...]
8'. _[dumu]-munus_ [...]
9'. [{disz}]ni-szi-[i-ni-szu]
10'. _[dumu]-munus_ BE-[...]
11'. [i-na _har] ku3-babbar#_-sza [_in-szi-in-sa10_]
12'. [...] x [...]
  rest broken
seal 1
1. {d}utu
2. {d}a-a

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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 (Sale of a house)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/3, 344

    [Dekiere1995MHET2/3] Dekiere, Luc. 1995. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 3: Documents from the Reign of Samsu-Iluna. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

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  • Museum No.: BM 080301
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0437

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
2019-01-08 at 10:27:04 Woestenburg, Els 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 2/3, 344 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481699.
MHET 2/3, 344 artifact entry (No. P481699). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481699 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/3, 344 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481699 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481699},
}

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