MHET 2/3, 347 (P481703)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017372

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 (Sale of several fields)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _3(iku) [GAN2 ...]_ x x x
2. i-ta [... {d}suen-be]-el#-ap-lum
3. _3(iku) [GAN2 ...]-eri-ba
4. i-ta [... {d}en]-zu-be-el-ap#-lim#
5. _4(iku) GAN2 1(u) 2(disz) [sar_ ... i]-na# _a-gar3_ x [...]
6. _1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 [...] a-gar3_ [...]
  rest broken
7. [...] x x x x [...]
8. [...] x
9. [...] x x
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x_ mesz_
2'. [...] sza-x x x
3'. [...] x ni
4'. [... _lu2] lu2-ra inim nu-[um-ga2-ga2-a]_
5'. _mu#_ [... {d}]a-a [{d}]marduk#
6'. u3 sa-am-su2-i-lu-na _lugal in-pa3#-de3#-[mesz]_
  single ruling
7'. _igi_ a-wi-il-esz18-dar _dumu_ {d}nanna-tum
8'. _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur _dumu_ nu-ur2-a-li-szu
9'. _igi_ {d}utu-na-s,ir _igi_ sig-an-nu-ni-tum
10'. _igi_ [... _dumu]-mesz_ {d}suen-x-x
11'. [...] {d}utu
12'. _iti x x u4 [n]+2(disz)-[kam]_
13'. _mu_ sa-am-su2#-[i-lu-na] _lugal#_
envelope
obverse
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [mu] {d}utu {d}a-[a {d}marduk]
2'. u3 sa-am-su2-[i-lu-na _lugal in-pa3-de3-mesz_]
3'. _igi_ a-wi-il-esz18-dar [_dumu_ {d}nanna-tum]
4'. _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-[szubur _dumu_ nu-ur2-a-li-szu]
5'. [_igi_] {d}utu-na-s,i-[ir ...]
  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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    frag of case attached

  • Genre(s): Legal (Sale of several fields)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/3, 347

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017372
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0086

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-02 at 10:35:20 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2019-01-08 at 10:27:04 Woestenburg, Els Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-09-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/3, 347 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481703.
MHET 2/3, 347 artifact entry (No. P481703). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481703 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/3, 347 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481703 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481703},
}

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