MHET 2/4, 478 (P509857)
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 081033Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. _1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2-e_
2. _ki_ {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi
3. _dumu_ {d}na-bi-um-ma-an-szum2
4. {disz}be-el-szu-nu _ugula gidri dumu_ li-pi2-it-sin
5. a-na er-re-szu-tim
6. a-na _gu2-un_ u2-sze-s,i
7. _[a]-sza3_ szi-ip-ra-am i-ip-pu-usz-ma
8. [...]-usz-ma
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1. [...] x x
2. [... _dumu] e2-dub-ba-a_
single ruling
blank space
3. _iti sig4-a u4 2(disz)-kam_
4. _mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e ma [...] ku3-babbar-bi-da-ke4
seal 1
1. dingir
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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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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Legal
- Language(s):
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primary: MHET 2/4, 478
[Dekiere1995MHET2/4] Dekiere, Luc. 1995. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 4: Post-Samsu-Iluna Documents. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.
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- Museum No.: BM 081033
- Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1171
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Abi-ešuḫ.00.03.02
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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 metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2018-09-06 at 10:20:42 | Woestenburg, Els | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-1171) (W_1891-0509-1171)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
Cite this Artifacts
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note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-11]},
year = {2023},
month = {sep 11},
title = {MHET 2/4, 478 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P509857},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509857},
}
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