MHET 2/5, 692 (P510069)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der), 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 079961

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [...] _dumu-a-ni_ x [...]
3'. [...]-{d}nin-gal _szesz_ [...]
4'. [...]-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ e-[tel-pi4-sin?]
5'. [...] _ki dumu_ e-tel-[pi4-sin]
6'. [... _a]-sza3_ sza _ka dub_-pi2 [...] gin2 ku3-sig17_
7'. _a#-sza3#_ geme2-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu dumu-munus_ [e-tel-pi4?]-{d}suen
8'. ur-ru-uk-szi-im-ma ta?-ar-[...] x
9'. sza i-na _a-sza3_-szu i-te-[...]
10'. {disz}ARAD-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ e-tel-[pi4]-{d}suen
11'. u2-ul i-ta-ar-me a-na _egir u4_-mi-im
12'. {disz}ARAD-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ e-tel-pi4#-{d}suen# [...] x
13'. sza a-na geme2-{d}utu [...]
14'. [...] ba lu? x [...]
15'. u2#-ul [...]
reverse
1. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk u3# [...]
2. _in-pa3-de3-mesz#_
  single ruling
3. _igi_ s,il2-li2-{d}nin-kar-ra-ak _ugula-e2_
  MHET reads: s,illi-, cf. P481375 rev 7
4. _igi_ inim-{d}nanna-i3-gin7
5. _igi_ {d}marduk-na-s,ir ra-bi-a-num
6. _igi_ na-ra-m-sin _dumu_ mu-da-du-um
7. _igi_ inim-{d}nanna-i3-gin7 _dumu_ dingir-szu-i-bi-szu
8. _igi_ {d}utu-na-s,ir _dumu_ im-gur-sin
9. _igi_ inim-{d}suen-zi-mu _dumu_ i-bi-sin
10. _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ ib-ni-ia
11. _igi_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu _dumu_ i-szar-{d}utu
12. _igi_ {d}suen-ra-bi _dumu_ u2-s,ur-pi4-{d}utu
13. _igi_ a-bu-um-t,a3-bu-um _igi_ e-ri-ba-am
14. _dumu-me_ ip-qu2-sza
15. [_igi_ li-bu]-ur#-ra-am _dumu_ hu#-nu-ba-um#?
  rest broken

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: MHET 2/5, 692

    [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 079961
  • Accession No.: 1889-10-14, 0511

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-07 at 20:04:22 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2022-07-20 at 15:26:07 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, 692 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P510069.
MHET 2/5, 692 artifact entry (No. P510069). (2024, December 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510069 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 692 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510069 (Accessed: June 10, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510069},
}

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