MHET 2/5, 586 (P509964)

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 016922

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz)? {disz?}[...]
2. pu-uh#-[ha-...]
3. sza {d}marduk#-[na-s,i-ir?]
4. _dumu_ x [...]
5. a-na {d}suen-i-din#-nam
6. _dumu_ {d}suen#-[be-el-ap-lim]
7. a-na re-u2-tim
8. ip-qi2-du-ma
9. {disz}{d}marduk-na-s,i-ir
10. ka-ni-kum {d}suen-i-din-nam _sipa_
11. u3-sze-zi-bu
12. i-na qa2-ti {d}suen-i-din-nam _sipa# dumu#_ {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim
reverse
1. {disz}{d}marduk-na-s,i-ir x _babbar#?_ [...]
2. ma-hi-ir
3. a-na ba-aq-ri _amar mu# 3(disz)#_ szu-a-ti
4. {disz}{d}suen-i-din-nam _sipa dumu_ {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim
5. iz-za-az#
  single ruling
6. _igi_ x x x x-ba-am
7. _igi_ dingir#-szu#-ib#-ni _ugula-ugula_
8. _igi_ sig-{d}a-[a] _dumu#_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am
9. _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir _dumu_ sin-i-din-nam
10. _igi_ i-na-pa-le-e-szu# _dub#-sar#_
  rest broken
seal 1
1. [...]
2. [_dumu_ ...]
3. [_ARAD_] am-mi-s,a-du#-[qa2]
seal 2
1. dingir# x ab x [...]
2. _dumu_ x x
3. _ARAD_ AN {d}mar-[tu]
seal 3
1. a#-wi-il x [...]
2. _dumu#_ i3-li2-x [...]
3. _ARAD_ {d}[...]
seal 4
1. dingir#-szu-ib-[ni-szu?]
2. _ugula-ugula_
3. _dumu_ dingir ARAD [...]
4. _ARAD_ am-mi-[...]

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
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/5, 586

    [Dekiere1996MHET2/5] Dekiere, Luc. 1996. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 5: Documents without Date or with Date Lost. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 016922
  • Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0038

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-02 at 15:27:10 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2022-06-23 at 18:04:33 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/5, 586 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P509964.
MHET 2/5, 586 artifact entry (No. P509964). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509964 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 586 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509964 (Accessed: June 9, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509964},
}

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