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MHET 2/3, 348 (P481704)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 067089

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 lease)

Language(s)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _[...] GAN2 a-sza3_
2. [i]-ta# e e-ri
3. [_ki_] na#-ra-am-ta-ni
4. [_dumu]-munus#_ {d}utu-ma-an-szum2
5. {disz}ARAD-{d}utu _dumu_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu
6. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim
7. a-na sza-lu-usz-tim
8. u2-sze-s,i2
9. sza-lu-usz-tam
10. i-na _{gesz}ban2 {d}utu_
11. i-na _ka2_ ga-gi-im
12. _i3-ag2-e_
reverse
1. _[...] ezem# 2(ban2) zi3-da-ta?_
2. [...] i-pa-qi2-is
3. [...] x x
4. [...] x
5. [...] x
6. [...] x
7. [...] x
8. _[iti ...] u4# 1(disz)-kam_
9. [_mu_ sa]-am#-su-i-lu-na
seal 1
1. [...] x e2 [...]
2. [...] szu? dingir [...]

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

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Field lease)
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/3, 348

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 067089
Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 07084

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.01.--.01
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2019-01-08 at 10:27:04	Woestenburg, Els	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2015-09-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.67089) (BM.67089)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0918-7084) (W_1882-0918-7084)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/3, 348 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481704.

MHET 2/3, 348 artifact entry (No. P481704). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481704 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/3, 348 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481704 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/3, 348 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481704},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481704},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/3, 348 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481704.

MHET 2/3, 348 artifact entry (No. P481704). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481704 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/3, 348 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481704 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/3, 348 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481704},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481704},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P481704
LB  - CDLI:P481704
M1  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - MHET 2/3, 348 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481704
ER  -