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MHET 2/5, 696 (P510073)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 080296

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-ta sin-[...]
2. u3 i-ta ra-ba-ba-nim
3. u2? [...] im-mi-ri-tum
4. _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na u2-pi2-i
5. i-ta _a-sza3_ i3-li2-e-ri-ba
6. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ {disz}szu-isz8-tar2
7. _1/2(disz) sar e2_ i-ta be-la-kum
8. _5(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar_ ...]
9. _2(disz)_ [...]
10. _1(disz) kinkin#_ [...]
11. _1(disz) kinkin#_ [...]
12. i-na [...]
13. _1(disz)#_ x [...]
14. _1(disz)#_ x [...]
reverse
1. _1(disz)_ i-[...]
2. _1(disz) ma_ [...]
3. mi-im-ma [an-ni-im]
4. sza {disz}dingir-pi4-[...]
5. a-na ma-an-na-sza
6. na-di-it {d}utu ma-ar#-[ti-szu]
7. a-bu-sza i-di-nu-szi
8. {disz}ra-bu-ut-sa3 a-pi-il-sza
9. _igi_ be-la-kum _dumu_ [da]-WI-da-[...]
10. _igi_ lu2-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ a-gi-gi
11. _igi_ sin-i-qi2-sza-[am _dumu_ ...]-qar?
12. _igi_ _igi_ er3-ra-ha-bi-il
13. _dumu_ a-ha-ni-ir-szi
14. _igi_ qu2-ru-sa3 _dumu_ dingir-im-di
15. _igi_ er3-ra-na-da
16. _dumu#_ na-ka-ri-im
17. [_igi_] ma-ni-um _dumu_ x [...]
18. [...] x-ri _dumu_ sin-x-[...]
19. sin-ga-mil# _dumu_ nu-ru-bu _igi_ {d}utu-illat#-ti
20. x-tim _dumu_ PI-s,i-ia _igi_ {d}igi-tab-ba
21. ($ blank space $) _igi_ szu-tum x
22. ($ blank space $) _igi_ mu-na-ni-im

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/5, 696

[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.
history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 423-424

[Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 080296
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0432

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2021-10-22 at 19:00:09	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-432) (W_1891-0509-432)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/5, 696 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P510073.

MHET 2/5, 696 artifact entry (No. P510073). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510073 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/5, 696 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510073 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510073},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/5, 696 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P510073.

MHET 2/5, 696 artifact entry (No. P510073). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510073 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/5, 696 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510073 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 696 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510073},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510073},
}

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