MHET 2/5, 590 (P509968)

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 017007

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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tablet
obverse
1. _n GAN2 a-sza3_
2. i-na _a-gar3 du6-ku3_-nu-um
3. _ki_ ru-ut-tum
4. {disz}ta-ri-bu-um
5. _a-sza3_ a-na er-ri-szu-tim#
6. a-na _gu2_ u2-sze-s,i2
7. _u4-buru14-sze3_
8. _gu2-un a-sza3_
9. _1(u) 2(asz) gur sze_
reverse
1. i-na {gesz}ban2 {d}utu
2. i-na _ka2_ ga-gi-im
3. _i3-ag2-e_
4. _5(disz) ezem {d}utu 3(ban2) zi3-da-ta#_ [...]
5. _1(disz) uzu-ta#-am3#_
6. i-pa-aq-qi2-is-su2#
7. _dumu-munus_ x x
8. _igi#_ i-din#-{d}utu#
9. _igi_ ARAD#-x-x
left
1. _dumu_ x x x x x
2. _igi_ i3-li2-ha-x-x
3. _iti_ a-ia-rum _u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_

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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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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: MHET 2/5, 590

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 017007
  • Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0123

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/5, 590 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P509968.
MHET 2/5, 590 artifact entry (No. P509968). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509968 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 590 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509968 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
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	title = {MHET 2/5, 590 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509968},
}

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