MHET 2/3, 464 (P509844)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 081013

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)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. _di-ku5-mesz_ [...]
2'. _di-ku5-mesz_ a-wa-ti x [...]
3'. {disz}szar-rum-{d}iszkur [...]
4'. a-na ni-isz# dingir a-na _ka2#_ [...]
5'. i-na _ka2_ {d}[...] nu [...]
6'. im-ta-ag#-ru-[...]
7'. a-na ki-ma a-[lim] _1(disz) ma-na ku3-[babbar]_
8'. _2(disz) sar e2_ [...] x [...] x
9'. sza3 _4(disz) sa#r_ [...]
10'. sza a-na _ku3-babbar_ [...]
11'. _da e2_ geme2-{d}utu [...]
12'. _lu2 ra_ [...]
13'. u3 _da e2_ i-na-sza3-[er-szi-et]
14'. _dumu-munus_ szar-rum-[{d}iszkur?]
reverse
1. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam sila dagal_ [...]
2. _egir-bi_ qa2-qa2-rum sza e-li-e-re-sa3
3. _dumu-munus_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur
4. {disz}szar-rum-{d}iszkur _dumu_ sig-an-tum
5. {disz}sza-mu-uh-tum _dumu-munus_ du-uh2-sza-tim#
6. id-di-in
7. _u4 kur2-sze3 dumu-mesz_ szar-rum-{d}iszkur
8. la i-ba-aq-qa-ru-szi
9. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
10. u3 sa-am-su2-i-lu-na _lugal-e#_ [...]
11. _igi_ x [...]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P509844

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 081013
Accession Number 1891-05-09 Bu, 1151

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1891-0509-1151

References

  • primary: MHET 2/3, 464

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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

Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/3, 464 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P509844.
MHET 2/3, 464 artifact entry (No. P509844). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509844 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/3, 464 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509844 (Accessed: April 30, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/3, 464 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P509844.
MHET 2/3, 464 artifact entry (No. P509844). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509844 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/3, 464 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509844 (Accessed: April 30, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509844},
}

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