MHET 2/5, 701 (P510078)

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 080436

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
1. _2(iku)#? GAN2# a-sza3 a-gar3#_ [...]
2. _ki#_ la-ma-sa3-ni _lukur# {d}[utu_]
3. _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba#-[am]
4. {disz}nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta
5. _dumu_ {d}bu-ne-ne-i-din#-nam#
6. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-<tim> a-na _gu2-un_
7. u2-sze-s,i2
8. _u4-buru14 gu2-un a-sza3_
9. _1(iku) GAN2-e 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur_
10. i#-na _{gesz}ban2 {d}utu_
11. [i]-na# _ka2# ga2#-gi4#-a#_
reverse
  broken
seal 1
  (uninscribed)

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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, 701

    [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 080436
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0575

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
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, 701 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510078.
MHET 2/5, 701 artifact entry (No. P510078). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510078 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 701 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510078 (Accessed: June 11, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 701 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510078},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510078},
}


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