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MHET 2/4, 499 (P509878)

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 016983

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)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_
2. _a-gar3_ pa-hu-s,um
3. _sza3 gar-ra_
4. _a-sza3_ {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni _dumu_ {d}suen-a-ha#-[am-i-din-nam]
5. _ki_ {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni
6. be-el _a-sza3_
7. {disz}{d}marduk-mu-ba-li-it, _dumu_ {d}marduk-x [...]
8. u3 {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni
9. _dumu#_ {d}suen-a-ha-am-i-din-nam
10. a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un_
11. a-na x [...] x
rest broken
reverse
1. _iti gu4-si-[sa2 u4 n(disz)-kam]_
2. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal [...] {d}en-lil2 nam-en-na-ni bi2-ib2-gu-la_
seal 1
1. [...]-ba
2. [...] x

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
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Related publications

primary: MHET 2/4, 499

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 016983
Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0099

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ammi-saduqa.01.02.--
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2018-09-19 at 11:35:00	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	approved
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1892-0709-99) (W_1892-0709-99)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/4, 499 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P509878.

MHET 2/4, 499 artifact entry (No. P509878). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509878 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/4, 499 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509878 (Accessed: December 18, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/4, 499 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509878},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509878},
}

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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/4, 499 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P509878.

MHET 2/4, 499 artifact entry (No. P509878). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509878 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/4, 499 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509878 (Accessed: December 18, 2025).

@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/4, 499 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509878},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509878},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P509878
LB  - CDLI:P509878
M1  - 2025/12/18/
TI  - MHET 2/4, 499 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P509878
ER  -