MHET 2/5, 703 (P510080)
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 080488Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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tablet
obverse
1. _5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ ta-wi-ir-x x x
2. _us2-sa-DU_ {disz}{d}suen-eri-ba-am
3. u3 _us2-sa-DU_ qa2-ab-li-<tum>
4. _ki#_ be-li2-e-ni-en _dumu_ hu-ul-hu-lum
5. {disz}i3-li2-en-nam
6. [_dumu_] i-szar-di-ku5
7. [in]-szi#-in-sa10 sa10 til-la#-bi#-sze3#_
8. [n _ku2]-babbar# in-na-an-la2_
9. [...] x da-a-a-x _sipa_
MHET reads: da-a-a-bu#?/tim#? sipa
10. [...] NI en-nam#
11. [...] NI hu#? [...]
12. [...] dingir# [...]
13. [...] x [...]
14. [...] x [...]
bottom
broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] szu#-ul-[...]
2'. [...]-lum _dumu_ bu-lu?-[...]
3'. [...] x-gi4-illat-ti#
4'. [_in-szi]-in-sa10_
5'. [_sa10 til]-la-bi-sze3 [...]
6'. [n] _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
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obverse
1. _5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ ta-wi-ir-x x x
2. _us2-sa-DU_ {disz}{d}suen-eri-ba-am
3. u3 _us2-sa-DU_ qa2-ab-li-<tum>
4. _ki#_ be-li2-e-ni-en _dumu_ hu-ul-hu-lum
5. {disz}i3-li2-en-nam
6. [_dumu_] i-szar-di-ku5
7. [in]-szi#-in-sa10 sa10 til-la#-bi#-sze3#_
8. [n _ku2]-babbar# in-na-an-la2_
9. [...] x da-a-a-x _sipa_
MHET reads: da-a-a-bu#?/tim#? sipa
10. [...] NI en-nam#
11. [...] NI hu#? [...]
12. [...] dingir# [...]
13. [...] x [...]
14. [...] x [...]
bottom
broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] szu#-ul-[...]
2'. [...]-lum _dumu_ bu-lu?-[...]
3'. [...] x-gi4-illat-ti#
4'. [_in-szi]-in-sa10_
5'. [_sa10 til]-la-bi-sze3 [...]
6'. [n] _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
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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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- Seal no.:
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Legal
- Language(s):
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primary: MHET 2/5, 703
[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 080488
- Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0626
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: --.--.--.--
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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_1891-0509-626) (W_1891-0509-626)
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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/5, 703 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510080.
MHET 2/5, 703 artifact entry (No. P510080). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510080 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 703 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510080 (Accessed: August 11, 2025).
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