MHET 2/5, 657 (P510034)

Legal tablet 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 078372

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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tablet
obverse
1. _2/3(disz)#? sar e2_
  MHET: "or 5/6")
2. i-na zimbir{ki}-am-na-nim
3. _da e2_ ma-ni-um _dumu_ a-wa-as-su2-kab-ta-at
4. sza {munus}dingir-sza-he2-gal2 _dumu-munus_ e2-ma-[gir i]-sza#-mu
5. u3 e2-ma-[gir ...]
6. sza {d}suen-re#-[me]-ni# _dumu_ KA-{d}[... i]-sza#-mu
7. [_sag-bi 1(disz)]-kam-ma_ [...] x
8. x szu-ri-ni x [...]
9. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma_ [...]
10. sza tak2#-la-ku-a-na#-[{d}marduk i-sza]-ma
11. _ki_ i-din-{d}mar-tu x x x {d}utu
12. _dumu_ {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni
13. {disz}tak2-la-ku-a-na-{d}marduk
14. _dumu_ ($ blank space $)
  (rest uninscribed)

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: MHET 2/5, 657

    [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 078372
  • Accession No.: 1888-05-12 Bu, 0262

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2022-06-23 at 18:24:50 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/5, 657 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510034.
MHET 2/5, 657 artifact entry (No. P510034). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510034 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 657 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510034 (Accessed: June 7, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510034},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510034},
}

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