MHET 2/5, 627 (P510005)
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 017507Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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-Has seal impression(s)
(unopened envelope)
obverse
1. _dub 8(disz) sar e2 ki-gal2_
2. i-na hal-hal-la{ki}
3. _egir e2_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am
4. _sag 1(disz)-kam_ na-am-ka-x x
5. i-mi-id
6. _ki_ sa3-bi-bu-um _dumu_ [...]
7. {disz}be-li-su2-nu _lukur {d}[utu_]
8. _dumu-munus_ {d}utu-zi-[mu]
9. _in-szi-in-sa10_
10. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
reverse
1. [... _ku3-babbar] in-na-an-la2_
2. [_gesz-gan]-na ib2-ta-bala_
n lines broken
1'. [...] si
2'. _igi_ dingir [...]-tum
3'. _igi_ {d}utu-ap-[...]-bi-i3-li2-szu
4'. _igi_ {d}nanna-sag-kal
5'. _dumu_ sig-isz8-tar2
seal 1
1. _kiszib_ {d}utu-a-bi-[i3-li2-szu]
seal 2
1. _kiszib_ dingir#-[...]
2. _dumu_ i3-li2-[...]
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 & envelope
- Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
case unopened
- Genre(s): Legal
- Language(s):
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primary: MHET 2/5, 627
[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 017507
- Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0221
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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| 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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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The British Museum Collection (W_1894-0115-221) (W_1894-0115-221)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025MHET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
year = {2025},
month = {mar 2},
title = {MHET 2/5, 627 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P510005},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510005},
}
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