MHET 2/5, 640 (P510017)
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 064389 & BM 064363Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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obverse
1. _2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. i-na _a-gar3 gu-la_
3. _ki_ a-ha-su2-nu
4. _dumu-munus_ puzur4-{d}nin-kar-ra-ak
5. {disz}dingir-szu-ra-bi
6. _dumu_ sin-sze-me
7. _a-sza3_ a-na e-re-szu-tim
8. u2-sze-s,i2
9. _u4-buru14-sze3_
reverse
1. _1(asz) gur sze gu2 a-sza3_
2. i-na _e2 {d}utu_
3. _i3-ag2-e_
4. _1(asz) gur sze ur5-ra_
5. _ur5* 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze_ u2-s,a-ab
6. _ki_ a-ha-su2-nu
7. {disz}dingir-szu-ba-ni
8. _szu ba-an-ti u4-buru14-sze3_
9. i-ti _gu2 a-sza3_
10. _sze_-am u3 _masz2-bi_
11. [i]-na# _e2 {d}utu_
12. _i3-ag2-e_
left
1. _igi_ bu-ur2-tum
2. _dumu-munus_ sin-e-ri-ba-am#
3. _igi_ ra-ma-tum _dumu-munus_ nu-ur2#-i3-li2-szu#
envelope
obverse
1. _dub# 2(iku) GAN2 [a-sza3_]
2. i-na _a-gar3 gu-[la_]
3. _ki_ a-ha-su2-nu [...]
4. _dumu-munus_ puzur4-{d}[nin-kar-ra-ak]
5. {disz}dingir-szu-ra-bi#
6. _dumu_ sin-sze-me
7. [_a-sza3_ a]-na# e#-re-[szu-tim]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [_1(asz)] gur [sze ur5-ra_]
2'. _ur5* 1(asz) gur# [1(barig) 4(ban2) sze_ u2-s,a-ab]
3'. _ki#_ a-ha-su2-nu _lukur# [{d}utu_]
4'. _dumu#-munus_ puzur4-{d}nin-kar#-[ra-ak]
5'. {disz}dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ sin-[sze-me]
6'. _szu ba-an-ti u4-buru14-sze3_
7'. i-ti _gu2 a-sza3_-sza
8'. _sze_-am u3 _masz2-bi#_
rest broken
left
1. ur*-{d}nin-pirig
seal 1
1. an an a [...]
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- Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Legal
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primary: MHET 2/5, 640
[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 064389 & BM 064363
- Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 04369 & 1882-09-18, 04339 + 1882-09-18, 04341 + 1882-09-18, 04346
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-23 at 18:24:50 | 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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Cite this Artifact
@misc{2018MHET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
year = {2018},
month = {may 30},
title = {MHET 2/5, 640 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P510017},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510017},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2018/5/30/ PY - 2018 ID - P510017 LB - CDLI:P510017 M1 - 2025/12/24/ TI - MHET 2/5, 640 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P510017 ER -