MHET 2/5, 591 (P509969)
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 017018Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
-Measurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
beginning broken
1'. _a-sza3_ ARAD-{d}[ul-ma-szi-tum]
2'. _dumu_ ARAD#-i3#-[li2]-szu#
3'. _ki_ ARAD-{d}ul-masz-szi-tum x [...]
4'. be-el _a-sza3_
5'. {disz}{d}ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum _dumu_ a-ha-am-ar-szi
6'. u3 zi-im-ru-{d}utu _dumu_ mu-du-x x x
7". a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _tab-ba_
8'. a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
9'. u2-sze-s,u2-u2
10'. a-wi-lum ma-la a-wi-lim
11'. ma-na-ah-tam i-sza-ak-ka-nu-ma
bottom
broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] _sza3-zu_
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] _gin2#_ [...] x x
4'. [ma]-hi-ir
single ruling
5'. _igi#_ i-na-pa-li-szu _ugula-ugula_
6'. _igi_ [...] x-x-ia _dumu_ ni-id-na-tum [...]
7'. [...] _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni
rest broken
left
(MHET says: "kiszibs" here but none are published)
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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- Seal no.:
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Legal
- Language(s):
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primary: MHET 2/5, 591
[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 017018
- Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0134
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: --.--.--.--
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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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| 2022-06-23 at 18:04:33 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Atf | Foxvog, Daniel A. | 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_1892-0709-134) (W_1892-0709-134)
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 2025-08-24]},
year = {2025},
month = {mar 2},
title = {MHET 2/5, 591 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P509969},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509969},
}
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