MHET 2/4, 533 (P509912)
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 016477Provenience
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) 3(iku) GAN2 a#-[sza3_ ...] x
2. _a-gar3_ szu-na-ak#-bu#
3. _a-sza3_ ta-ri-bu _dumu_ sin-ri-me-ni
4. _ki_ ta-ri-bu# _dumu#_ sin#-ri-me-ni
5. be-el _a-sza3_
6. {disz#}szu-hu-ut-ki _ugula mar-tu_
7. u3 zimbir{ki}-li-me-er _dumu_ i-na-pa-li#-e#-szu
8. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim
9. a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 2(disz)#-kam_
10. _ib2-ta-e3-e-mesz_
11. _u4 buru14-sze3_
12. _a-sza3_ pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-szu
13. i-sza-ad-da-du-ma
14. _1(bur3) GAN2-e 8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2#_ {d}utu
reverse
1. _gu2-un a-sza3_ i-na _kar_ zimbir{ki}
2. i-ma-ad-da-du
3. i-na _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3_-szu <<x>>
4. _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir
single ruling
5. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur _ugula gidri_
6. _igi#_ u-bar-rum [...] _ugula# gidri_
7. _igi_ x x dingir [...] x x x x
8. _igi#_ dingir-szu-mu-sza-li-[im ...]-li-e-szu
single ruling
9. _iti sig4#-ga#? u4 1(u)?-kam_
10. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal# {uruda}ki-lugal-gub i3-mah#-a# x x x i7 x x 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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Legal
- Language(s):
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primary: MHET 2/4, 533
[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 016477
- Accession No.: 1892-05-16, 0013
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ammi-saduqa.13.03.10?
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-03-02 at 15:27:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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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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| 2018-09-21 at 10:38:52 | Woestenburg, Els | Atf | Firth, Richard | 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_1892-0516-13) (W_1892-0516-13)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025MHET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
year = {2025},
month = {mar 2},
title = {MHET 2/4, 533 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P509912},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509912},
}
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