MHET 2/5, 717 (P510094)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 080789

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)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. _a#-sza3# {munus}[{d}utu-...]
2'. _ki_ {d}utu-x-[...]
3'. {disz}si-ia-tum _dumu_ sin#-[nu-ur2-ma-tum]
4'. _nam-apin-la2-sze3_ a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam_
5'. _ib2-ta-e3_
6'. _gu2-un mu 1(disz)-kam 5(u) 5(asz) sze gur_
7'. {disz}si-ia-tum _dumu_ sin-nu-ur2-ma-tim
8'. a-na {munus}{d}utu-x-x-ma-la
9'. _i3-ag2-e_
reverse
1. _igi_ i-din-{d}utu x x
2. _igi_ szu-ma-i-na-ma-ti x x
3. _igi_ sin-ba-ni _{d}utu ugula lukur-mesz#_
4. _igi_ li-bu-ra _ra2-gaba_
5. _igi_ e2-idim-an-na-sze-mi _dumu_ ka-lu-mu-um
6. _igi_ za-bu-um-a-bi _ra2-gaba#_
top
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P510094

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 080789
Accession Number 1891-05-09 Bu, 0927

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1891-0509-927

References

  • primary: MHET 2/5, 717

    [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: AfO 44/45, p. 356-360, p. 357

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/5] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/5.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 356–60.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2022-07-20 at 15:26:07 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/5, 717 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510094.
MHET 2/5, 717 artifact entry (No. P510094). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510094 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 717 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510094 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510094},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/5, 717 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510094.
MHET 2/5, 717 artifact entry (No. P510094). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510094 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 717 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510094 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 717 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510094},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510094},
}

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