MHET 2/5, 752 (P510129)

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 081243

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. _e2_ asz2-ta#-ma#-am
2. _ki#_ hu-szu-tum
3. _dumu#-munus_ sin-pu-ut,-ra-am
4. {disz}il#-ta#-ni
5. [_dumu-munus_] sza#-lu-rum
6. [a]-na# _mu 1(disz)-kam_
7. [a]-na# ki-is,-ri
8. [u2]-sze-s,i2
9. [...] _ku3-babbar_
10. [... ki]-is,-ri _e2_
reverse
1. [...] x _e2 {d}utu_ [...]
2. [... _i3]-la2-e iti_ na#-[ab-ri]
3. [_u4] 1(disz)-kam_ i-ru-ub#
4. _iti_ ma-mi-tim
5. i-ga-mar-ma u2-s,i2
6. _igi_ be-el-ta-ni
7. nin? {d}utu x x x
  MHET reads: dam? or nin?
8. _igi_ dingir-ma-nu-usz-szi
9. [...] x mi x x
10. _igi#_ i3-li2-x
11. [...] x x x-{d}iszkur

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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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: MHET 2/5, 752

    [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 081243
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1379

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 15:27:11 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, 752 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510129.
MHET 2/5, 752 artifact entry (No. P510129). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510129 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 752 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510129 (Accessed: June 8, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 752 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510129},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510129},
}

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