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MHET 2/3, 352 (P481708)

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 017569

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)

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _[n]+1(esze3) a-sza3_
2. i-na#? x x x [...]
3. _ki_ me-er-x-[...]
4. _dumu-munus_ ig-mil-[...]
5. {disz}{d}na-bi-um#-[...]
6. [_a-sza3_] a-na er-re#-[szu-tim]
7. i-na pi2-ti a-tap-[pi-im]
8. u2-sze-s,i2
9. x x x _a-sza3_
10. a-na pi4 szu-ul-[pi2-szu]
11. _1(iku) GAN2 1(gur) sze gur_ [...]
reverse
1. i-na _{gesz}ban2 {d}utu_
2. i-na _ka2_ ga-gi#-[im]
3. _i3-ag2-e_
4. _5(disz) ezem 1(ban2) zi3-[...]_
5. u3 _1(disz) uzu_ i-pa-[qi2-id]
6. _igi_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}[marduk]
7. _igi_ {d}bu-ni-ni [...]
8. _igi_ isz-me-{d}suen
9. _igi_ ni-id#?-[...]
10. _dumu_ sin-[...]
11. _iti szu-numun#-a u4# [n-kam]_
12. _mu_ sa-am-su2#-i-[lu-na] _lugal_
seal 1
(uninscribed)

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/3, 352

[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 017569
Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0283

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.01.04.--
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-02 at 16:34:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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.17569) (BM.17569)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-0115-283) (W_1894-0115-283)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/3, 352 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481708.

MHET 2/3, 352 artifact entry (No. P481708). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481708 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/3, 352 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481708 (Accessed: March 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {MHET 2/3, 352 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481708},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481708},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/3, 352 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481708.

MHET 2/3, 352 artifact entry (No. P481708). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481708 (Original work published 2015)

MHET 2/3, 352 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481708 (Accessed: March 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {MHET 2/3, 352 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481708},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481708},
}

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DA  - 2025/3/2/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P481708
LB  - CDLI:P481708
M1  - 2026/3/9/
TI  - MHET 2/3, 352 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481708
ER  -