MHET 2/5, 672 (P510049)

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 079129

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. _sag 1(disz)-kam-ma a#-sza3#_ x [...]
2'. _sag 2(disz)-kam-ma a-sza3 dumu-munus_ zi-[...]
3'. _ki_ e-ri-isz-tum
4'. _dumu-munus_ la-lum
5'. {disz}be-li-su2-nu _lukur {d}utu_
6'. _dumu-munus_ ARAD-{d}utu
7'. i-na _har_ <<szu>>-sza
8'. x x _in-szi-in-sa10#_
9'. _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
10'. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
11'. _inim-[bi al]-til#_
12'. _sza3#-[ga-ni al-du10_]
  rest broken
left
1. [...]-di? e2 a x x x [...]
2. _igi_ ha-du-an-ni-am x x
3. [...] x x x x x [...]

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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
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/5, 672

    [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 079129
  • Accession No.: 1889-04-26 Bu, 0426

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
2023-07-31 at 12:36:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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, 672 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510049.
MHET 2/5, 672 artifact entry (No. P510049). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510049 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 672 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510049 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 672 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510049},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510049},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/5, 672 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510049.
MHET 2/5, 672 artifact entry (No. P510049). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510049 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 672 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510049 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 672 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510049},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510049},
}

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DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510049
LB  - CDLI:P510049
M1  - 2025/12/30/
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