MHET 2/3, 362 (P496479)

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 081544

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _3(u) sar a-sza3_ szi-ki-in [...]
2. nu-ka-ri-bi
3. _ki_ la-ma-si2 _dumu-munus_ i-din-[...]
4. {disz}{d}iszkur-ra-bi
5. _dumu_ a-pil-i3-li2-szu
6. _a-sza3_ a-na szi-ik-ni
7. u2-sze-s,i2
8. _1(iku) GAN2 4(asz) sze gur_
reverse
1. i-na _{gesz}ban2_ {d}utu i-na me-sze-qum
2. i-na ba-ab ga-gi-im
3. i3-ag2-e
  single ruling
4. _igi_ {d}utu _igi_ {d}[a-a]
5. _igi_ {d}ma-[mu]
6. _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 [n-kam]_
7. _mu ama-ar-gi ki# i-ni-gar_
seal 1
  illegible

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/3, 362

    [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 081544
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1676

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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
2019-03-21 at 07:52:45 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2015-12-14 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/3, 362 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P496479.
MHET 2/3, 362 artifact entry (No. P496479). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P496479 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/3, 362 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P496479 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/3, 362 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P496479},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P496479},
}


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