MHET 2/5, 738 (P510115)
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 081072Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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tablet
obverse
1. _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. _da a-sza3_ u-bar-{d}utu
3. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
4. _8(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
5. _in#-na-la2_
6. _sza3-ba inim_ x [...]
7. [...] x [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. _dumu#_ u2-x-[...]
2'. _igi_ ha-li-u2-[...]
3'. _dumu_ im-gur-{d}suen
4'. _igi_ ma-as-x-ru-um
5'. _dumu_ a-bi-x-en?-x
6'. _igi_ u-bar-{d}utu
7'. _dumu_ isz-me-{d}suen
8'. _iti?_ i-si-in-a-bi
left
1. [...] x-he2-gal2 _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu
obverse
1. _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. _da a-sza3_ u-bar-{d}utu
3. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
4. _8(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
5. _in#-na-la2_
6. _sza3-ba inim_ x [...]
7. [...] x [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. _dumu#_ u2-x-[...]
2'. _igi_ ha-li-u2-[...]
3'. _dumu_ im-gur-{d}suen
4'. _igi_ ma-as-x-ru-um
5'. _dumu_ a-bi-x-en?-x
6'. _igi_ u-bar-{d}utu
7'. _dumu_ isz-me-{d}suen
8'. _iti?_ i-si-in-a-bi
left
1. [...] x-he2-gal2 _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Legal
- Language(s):
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primary: MHET 2/5, 738
[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 081072
- Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1209
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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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 15:27:10 | 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_1891-0509-1209) (W_1891-0509-1209)
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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/5, 738 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510115.
MHET 2/5, 738 artifact entry (No. P510115). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510115 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 738 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510115 (Accessed: November 8, 2025).
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