MHET 2/3, 413 (P509799)

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 082452 & BM 082453

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. _[dumu]-mesz#_ {d}marduk#-na#-[s,ir a-hi-szu]
2'. i-zu-uz# [...]
reverse
1. _[u4] kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-u2-ra_
2. _inim# nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
3. _[mu]_ {d}utu {d}marduk u3 sa-am-su2-i-lu-na
4. _in#-pa3-de3-mesz_
5. _igi#_ ra-ab-bu-ha-du _dumu_ it-ri#-du-um
6. _igi#_ dumu-ki _dumu_ im-gu-ia
7. _igi_ ik-usz-ud-ap-pa-szu _dumu_ szu-pi2-sza
8. _igi_ asz-qu2-du-um _dumu_ {d#}utu-ga-mil
9. _igi_ a-na-{d}utu-li-s,i2 _dumu_ a-x-[...]-ni
10. _igi_ ARAD-ur hi _dumu_ ni x [...] e
11. _igi_ sin-i-din-nam _dumu_ lu-usz-ta-mar-{d}suen#
12. _igi_ i3-li2-da-na-tum _dumu_ a-da-an-e2-a
13. _igi_ a-li2-ta-li-mi
14. _igi_ a-hu-um-ki-nu-um _dumu_ ta-ri-bu-um
single ruling
15. _iti du6-ku3 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_
16. _mu ki-lugal-gub hur-sag i7 sila3 didli-bi_
envelope
obverse
1. _5/6(disz)# sar# e2_ i-na hal-hal-la#{ki#}
2. _us2-sa-du_ {d}utu-sze-me
3. _1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ ba-ma-at [...]
4. _sa10 e2_ sza _ga2-gi-[a]_
5. _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ba-ma-at sza [...]
6. _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3 murub4#_ [...]
7. _1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ ta-wi-[...]
8. _1(disz) gu4_ [...]
9. _1(disz) {gesz}ig 1(disz) gesz_ x [...]
10. _1(disz) {gesz}na2 2(disz) {gesz}gu-[za]_
11. _1(disz) {gesz}ban2 1(disz) x x [...]_
12. _ha-la_ szu-i3-li2-szu
13. _dumu_ {d}utu-sze-me
14. _ki_ dingir-szu-ib-ni-szu
15. u3 e2-ma-gir
16. _dumu-mesz_ {d}marduk-na-s,ir a-hi-[szu]
17. i-zu-zu# [...]
reverse
broken
seal 1
1. ra-ab-bu-ha-du
2. _dumu_ it-ri-du-um
3. _ARAD_ {d}suen#-[...]
seal 2
1. ik#-szu-ud-[ap]-pa-szu
2. _dumu#_ szu-pi-sza
3. _ARAD#_ {d}[...] x
seal 3
1. [...] x
2. [...] mar-tu
seal 4
1. [asz]-qu2-du-um
2. [_dumu_] {d}utu-ga-mil#

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

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
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Related publications

primary: MHET 2/3, 413

[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.
history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 397-398

[Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 082452 & BM 082453
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2488 & 1891-05-09 Bu, 2488A

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.08.07.14
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2019-03-21 at 07:52:46	Woestenburg, Els	Transliteration	Woestenburg, Els	CDLI	Approved
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/3, 413 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P509799.

MHET 2/3, 413 artifact entry (No. P509799). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509799 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/3, 413 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509799 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/3, 413 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P509799.

MHET 2/3, 413 artifact entry (No. P509799). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509799 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/3, 413 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509799 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {MHET 2/3, 413 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509799},
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