MHET 2/5, 608 (P509986)
Legal tablet & envelope 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 017371Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. [...] _GAN2# a-sza3_ i-ta dingir-[...]
2. _dumu_ {d}suen-ba-[ni]
3. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ {i7}za-[bi-um]
4. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma e gal_
5. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma_ {i7}ir-ni-na
6. ki-ir-ba-num a-na _i7_ is-[su-uq]
7. _ki_ a-wi-il-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ {d}suen-pu-[ut,-ra-am]
8. u3 a-pil2-i3-li2-szu _dumu-ni_
9. {disz}{d}marduk-na-s,i-ir
10. _dumu_ i-ku-un-pi4-[sin]
11. [_in-szi]-in#-sa10#_ [...]
rest broken
reverse
(hidden by the envelope)
envelope
(adhering to the tablet)
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. u3 i-ta [_a-sza3_ {i7}za-bi-um]
4. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma [e gal_]
5. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-[ma_ {i7}ir-ni-na]
6. ki-ir-[ba-num a-na _i7_ is-su-uq]
7. _ki_ a-wi-il-isz8-tar2#
8. u3 a-pil2-i3-li2-[szu]
9. {disz}{d}marduk-[na-s,i-ir]
10. _dumu_ i-ku-un-pi4-[sin]
11. [_in-szi]-in#-[sa10_ ...]
rest broken
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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
- Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
frag of case attached
- Genre(s): Legal
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primary: MHET 2/5, 608
[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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collation: AfO 44/45, p. 356-360, p. 357 (coll.)
[Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/5] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/5.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 356–60.
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- Museum No.: BM 017371
- Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0085
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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- Accounting Period: 0
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-03-02 at 16:34:03 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-03-02 at 10:35:20 | 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 18:05:16 | 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |