MHET 2/3, 421 (P509805)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 017508Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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obverse
1. _1(u) 2(disz) sar kislah_
2. i-na _a-gar3_ bu-sza
3. i-ta _i7_ {lu2}bahar-ri#
4. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ ni-szi-i-ni-szu _lukur_ {d}utu#
5. _dumu-munus_ dumu-{d}utu
6. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam kislah_ i-ku-un-pi4-sin#
7. _dumu_ sin-ta-ia-ar
8. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam a-sza3_ mat-ta-tum
9. _dumu_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu
10. _ki_ e-li-e-ri-sa3 _dumu-munus_ er3-ra-ga-sze-er
coll. Woestenburg, AfO 44/45 (1997/1998) p.354: er3-ra-ga-sze-er instead of er3-ra-bi-im
11. u3 geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ erisz-ti-{d}a-a
12. [...] a-pi2-il-{d}marduk
13. [...] ni-szi-i-ni-szu [_lukur_] {d}utu#
14. _dumu-munus_ dumu-{d}utu
15. i-na _har ku3-babbar-sza in-szi-sa10_
reverse
1. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
2. _3(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
3. _sza3-ga-ni al-du10_
4. _inim-bi al-til_
5. _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2#-ra_
6. _inim# nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
7. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk sa-am-su2-i-lu-na#
8. u3 {iri}zimbir{ki} it-mu-u2
9. _igi_ {d}utu-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ mu-ha-du-um
10. _igi_ dingir-szu-ib-ni-szu _dumu_ i-din-{d}utu
11. _igi_ marduk-na-s,ir# _dumu#_ bur#-sin
12. _igi_ u2-s,i2-bi#-[tum _dumu_ erisz]-ti-{d}a-a
13. _igi_ i-bi#-sin [...] gi#
14. _igi_ sin-x x [...]-du-um
15. [_igi_] im#-gur-sin _dub-sar_
16. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(disz)-kam_
17. _mu# bad3_ uri2#{ki}
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Legal
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primary: MHET 2/3, 421
[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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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.
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- Museum No.: BM 017508
- Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0222
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.11.12.01
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2021-09-10 at 20:15:11 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Atf | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2019-03-21 at 07:52:45 | Woestenburg, Els | Atf | Woestenburg, Els | CDLI | approved |
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| 2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The British Museum Collection (W_1894-0115-222) (W_1894-0115-222)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2023MHET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-05]},
year = {2023},
month = {sep 11},
title = {MHET 2/3, 421 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P509805},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509805},
}
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