MHET 2/5, 697 (P510074)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 080362Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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tablet
obverse
1. [...] _sar e2 du3-a {gesz}sag-[kul_]
2. [_{gesz}]ig#-mesz_ ku-un-nu-u2#
3. [_da] e2_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ {d}suen#-[...]
4. u3 _da e2_ {d}suen-nu-ri _dumu-munus_ sin-e-ri-ba-am
5. _ki_ ma-ni-um _dumu_ a-da-ia
6. {disz}{d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}utu
7. _in-szi-in-sa10_
8. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
9. _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
10. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
11. _inim-bi al-til#_
12. _u4-kur2-sze3_ lu2 lu2-ra_
13. _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
reverse
1. _mu#_ [... a]-pil#-{d}suen# [...]
2. u3 {iri}zimbir{ki} it#-mu#-u2#
single ruling
3. _igi_ nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta _dumu_ sin-da-x
4. _igi_ {d}suen-isz-me-a-an-[ni]
5. _dumu_ {d}suen-re-[me-ni]
6. _igi_ {d}en-lil2-ma-an-szum2 _dumu_ lu2#-[{d}nin]-szubur#-ka
7. _igi_ ma-ni-um _dumu_ u-bar-{d}nin-[...] x [...]
8. _igi_ szu-{d}sza-x HU
9. _dumu_ bu-ri-ia
10. _igi_ sa3-ba-ia _dumu_ nu-ur2-isz8-tar2
11. _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam
12. _dumu_ [...]-ba-ni
13. [...] x x [...] x x [...]
rest broken
obverse
1. [...] _sar e2 du3-a {gesz}sag-[kul_]
2. [_{gesz}]ig#-mesz_ ku-un-nu-u2#
3. [_da] e2_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ {d}suen#-[...]
4. u3 _da e2_ {d}suen-nu-ri _dumu-munus_ sin-e-ri-ba-am
5. _ki_ ma-ni-um _dumu_ a-da-ia
6. {disz}{d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}utu
7. _in-szi-in-sa10_
8. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
9. _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
10. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
11. _inim-bi al-til#_
12. _u4-kur2-sze3_ lu2 lu2-ra_
13. _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
reverse
1. _mu#_ [... a]-pil#-{d}suen# [...]
2. u3 {iri}zimbir{ki} it#-mu#-u2#
single ruling
3. _igi_ nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta _dumu_ sin-da-x
4. _igi_ {d}suen-isz-me-a-an-[ni]
5. _dumu_ {d}suen-re-[me-ni]
6. _igi_ {d}en-lil2-ma-an-szum2 _dumu_ lu2#-[{d}nin]-szubur#-ka
7. _igi_ ma-ni-um _dumu_ u-bar-{d}nin-[...] x [...]
8. _igi_ szu-{d}sza-x HU
9. _dumu_ bu-ri-ia
10. _igi_ sa3-ba-ia _dumu_ nu-ur2-isz8-tar2
11. _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam
12. _dumu_ [...]-ba-ni
13. [...] x x [...] x x [...]
rest broken
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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, 697
[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 080362
- Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0500
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Apil-Sin.--.--.--
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2022-07-20 at 15:26:07 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Atf | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-500) (W_1891-0509-500)
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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/5, 697 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510074.
MHET 2/5, 697 artifact entry (No. P510074). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510074 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 697 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510074 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).
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