MHET 2/3, 453 (P509833)

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 017488

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. _1(disz) sar e2 du3-a_
2. i-na zimbir{ki}-gal
3. _da e2_ ha-ri-ia
4. u3 _da e2_ be-el-ta-ni _lukur_ {d}utu
5. _dumu-munus_ ARAD-{d}utu
6. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam sila dagal_
7. _ki_ sig-{d}nin-gal _dumu_ sin-ma-gir#
8. {disz}a-hu-szi-na
9. u3 ni-id-na-at-sin
10. _dumu-mesz_ ki-{d}suen-ba-la-su2
11. {disz}la-ma-sa3-ni _lukur_ {d}utu
12. [...] {d}suen-eri#-ba#-am
13. [...]
14. _[in-szi]-in-sa10_
15. _sa10# til-la#-bi#-sze3_
reverse
1. x x _5/6(disz) x in-na-an-la2_
2. _[sza3]-ga#-ni al#-[du10 inim]-bi al-til#_
3. _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2# lu2#-ra_
4. _inim nu-um-ga2#-ga2#-a_
5. _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk
6. u3 sa-am-su2-i-lu-na _lugal_ it-mu-u2
7. _igi_ ma-nu-um-ki-ma-sin _dumu_ im-gur-sin
8. _igi_ dingir-szu-ib-ni _dumu_ lu2-{d}iszkur-ra
9. _igi_ i-din-sin _dumu_ akszak{ki}-li-bi
10. _igi_ {d}lal3-na-s,ir _dumu_ sin-i-qi2-sza#-am#
11. _igi_ ta-ri-ba-tum _dub-sar_
12. _igi_ dingir szu la x ni _ku3-dim2_
13. _iti sze-sag11#-ku5# u4 7(disz)-kam_
14. _mu gibil 2(disz)-kam-ma_

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, 453

    [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 017488
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0202

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2019-03-21 at 07:52:46 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/3, 453 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P509833.
MHET 2/3, 453 artifact entry (No. P509833). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509833 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/3, 453 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509833 (Accessed: June 1, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/3, 453 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509833},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509833},
}

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