MHET 2/5, 617 (P509995)

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, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017431 & BM 017431A

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] _e2# kislah#_ [...]
2'. _da e2_ a-hu-szi-na _dumu_ {d}utu-x-[...]
3'. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ dumu-{d}utu _dumu_ sin-ba#-ni
4'. _sag#-bi 2(disz)-kam e sila_
5'. [_ki_] e#-tel#-[pi4-szu] ra-bi-a-nu-um
6'. ($ blank line $)
7'. {disz}ip-qu2-sza _dumu_ {d}utu-tab-ba-szu#
8'. {disz}a-ha-am-ar-szi _dumu_ mi-nu-nu
9'. {disz}ip-qu2-sza _dumu_ {d}[...]-na-da
10'. sze-rum-ba-ni _dumu_ ha-zu-x-[...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x mu-rum _dumu_ mi-nu-nu# [...]
2'. [...] a-li2-illat-ti _dumu_ puzur4-ib-ni
3'. _ki iri{ki}_ u3 x x x x x
4'. {disz}il-ta-ni _lukur {d}utu_
5'. _dumu-munus_ {d}utu-na-s,i#-ir#
6'. _in-szi-in-sa10_
7'. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3 6(disz)_ [...] x
8'. _in-na-an-la2_
9'. _gesz-gan-na ib2#-ta#-bala_
10'. _inim-bi al-ti-il_
11'. [_u4]-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra inim nu#-um#-ga#-[ga2-a_]
rest broken
envelope
beginning broken
1'. _da e2_ a-hu-szi-[na _dumu_ {d}utu-...]
2'. _sag 1(disz)-kam e2_ dumu-{d}utu _dumu_ {d}suen#-[ba-ni]
3'. _sag 2(disz)-kam sila_
4'. _ki_ e-tel-pi4-szu ra-bi-a-nu-[um]
5'. {disz}bu x an la x x [...]
6'. {disz}ip-qu2-sza _dumu_ {d}utu#-tab-[ba-szu]
7'. {disz}a-ha-am-ar-szi _dumu_ mi-[nu-nu]
8'. {disz}ip-[qu2]-sza _dumu_ {d}suen-na#-[da]
9'. {disz}{d}suen-i-din-[nam _dumu_ ...]
rest broken

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/5, 617

[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.
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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 017431 & BM 017431A
Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0145 & 1894-01-15, 0145A

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.--.--
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-02 at 16:34:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2022-06-23 at 18:05:16	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI	Approved

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Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/5, 617 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P509995.

MHET 2/5, 617 artifact entry (No. P509995). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509995 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/5, 617 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509995 (Accessed: February 6, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/5, 617 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P509995.

MHET 2/5, 617 artifact entry (No. P509995). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509995 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/5, 617 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509995 (Accessed: February 6, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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