MHET 2/5, 693 (P510070)

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 079971

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'. [i]-ta [...]
2'. u3 [i]-ta be-te-tum [...]
3'. [_dumu]-munus_ si-na#-[tum]
4'. _ki_ a-wi-il#-{d}[...]
5'. {disz}geme2-{d}[...] x [...]
6'. _dumu-munus#_ [...]
7'. i-na sza-wi-ri#-[sza]
8'. _in-szi-in#-sa10_ [...]
9'. _ku3-babbar in-na-an-[la2_]
10'. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala#_ [...]
11'. _inim-bi al-til sza3-ga-a-ni# al-du10_
12'. _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra#_
13'. _nu-mu-um-gi4-gi4-[dam_]
14'. _mu_ {d}utu {d}[...]
15'. u3 a-[pil-sin ...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _igi_ im-gur-{d}[...]
2'. _igi_ dingir-szu-i-bi-szu# _igi_ x [...]
3'. _igi_ sin-a-bu-szu _dumu_ {d}utu-di#-[ku5]
4'. _igi_ s,a-bi-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ sin-ga-mil#
5'. _igi_ akszak{ki}-ra-bi _dumu_ kal? x [...]
6'. _igi_ {d}iszkur-pi2-lah _dumu_ {d}i7-la-ba
7'. _igi_ a-na-{d}utu-szu-s,ir
8'. _dumu_ sza-lu-mur?-[...]
9'. _igi_ sza-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ i-din-{d}[utu]
10'. _igi_ sin-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ x-ma-rum?
11'. _dumu_ a-hu-um-t,a3-bu-um
  single ruling
  blank space

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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, 693

    [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 079971
  • Accession No.: 1889-10-14, 0521

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, 693 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P510070.
MHET 2/5, 693 artifact entry (No. P510070). (2024, December 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510070 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 693 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510070 (Accessed: May 31, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 7},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 693 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510070},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510070},
}

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