MHET 2/3, 414 (P509800)

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 080938

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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tablet
obverse
1. _3(iku)# GAN2# a-sza3 a-gar3 murub4_
2. [...]-x _i7_ masz-qum _dumu_ sin-i-din-nam
3. [...] _sza3_ ta-wi-ir-tum
4. [sza _dumu]-mesz#_ {d}marduk-na-s,ir
5. _[ha-la?_ ...]-i3#-li2-szu
6. sza# it#-ti dingir-szu-ib-ni#-szu
7. u3 e2-ma-gir
8. _dumu-munus_ {d}marduk-na-s,ir i-zu-zu#-u2
9. a-na na-ka-ar-tum _lukur_ {d}utu
10. _dumu-mesz_-szu i-di-in
  coll. Woestenburg, AfO 44/45 (1997/1998) p.354: _dumu-mesz_ instead of _dumu-munus_
reverse
1. _u4 kur2-sze3_ ma-am-ma-an u2-ul i-ba-qa2-ar#
2. _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk u3 sa-am-su2-i-lu-na
3. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
4. _igi_ ra-ab-bu-ha-du-u2 _dumu_ it#-ri-du-um#
5. _igi_ dumu-ki _dumu_ im-gu-ia
6. _igi_ ik-szu-ud-ap-pa-szu _dumu_ szu-pi2-sza
7. _igi_ asz-qu2-du-um _dumu_ {d}utu-ga-mil
8. _igi_ a-na-{d}utu-li-s,i2
  single ruling
9. _iti du6-ku3 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
10. _mu ki-lugal-gub hur-sag_

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

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


  • primary: MHET 2/3, 414

    [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. 399

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

  • collation: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 354 (coll.)

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 080938
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1075

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2019-03-21 at 07:52:46 Woestenburg, Els Transliteration Woestenburg, Els CDLI Approved View
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/3, 414 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P509800.
MHET 2/3, 414 artifact entry (No. P509800). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509800 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/3, 414 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509800 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/3, 414 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509800},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509800},
}

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TI  - MHET 2/3, 414 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/3, 414 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P509800.
MHET 2/3, 414 artifact entry (No. P509800). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509800 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/3, 414 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509800 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).
@misc{2024MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/3, 414 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509800},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509800},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P509800
LB  - CDLI:P509800
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - MHET 2/3, 414 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P509800
ER  - 
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