MHET 2/5, 654 (P510031)
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 074420 & BM 074420AProvenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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obverse
1. _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. _ki_ geme2#-{d}a-a
3. u3 sza-at-{d}a-a
4. {disz}dingir-ha-bi-il-[...]
5. [_a-sza3_] a-na e-re-su#-[tim]
6. u3#-sze-s,i2 _2(asz) sze gur_
7. _i3-ag2-e_
(rest hidden by case)
envelope
obverse
1. _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ x [...]
2. _ki_ sza-at-{d}a-a [...]
3. u3 geme2-{d}a-a [...]
4. {disz}dingir-ha-bi#-[il ...]
5. _dumu_ li-pi2#-[it-...]
6. _a-sza3_ a#-[na e-re-szu-tim]
7. u3-sze-s,i2#
8. _2(asz) sze gur_ [...]
9. i-na {gesz}me-sze#-[qum]
10. i-na _ka2_ ga-gi#-[im]
11. _i3-ag2-e_
reverse
1. [...] _ezem n(ban2) zi3-da_ [...]
rest broken
seal 1
(uninscribed)
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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- Genre(s): Legal
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primary: MHET 2/5, 654
[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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history: OLP 25, p.5-25, p. 24 7
[vanlerberghe1994ladies] Van Lerberghe, Karel. 1994. “The Ladies Amat-Aja and Šāt-Aja, Business Associates under Hammurabi.” Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica 25: 5–25.
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history: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 352-353
[Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.
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- Museum No.: BM 074420 & BM 074420A
- Accession No.: 1882-09-18A, 0140 & 1882-09-18A, 0140A
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-12-09 at 08:49:11 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-08 at 16:46:52 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 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{2024MHET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-28]},
year = {2024},
month = {dec 9},
title = {MHET 2/5, 654 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P510031},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510031},
}
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