MHET 2/5, 754 (P510131)

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 081248

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. _1(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. i-na _a-gar3 gu-la_
3. i-ta _a-sza3_ la-ma#-si2#
4. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ ra-bu-um
5. _ki_ la-ma-si2
6. _dumu-munus_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
7. u3# _ki_ erisz-ti-{d}a-a
8. [_dumu_] na#-bi-i3-li2
9. [{disz}mu]-na#-nu-um
reverse
1. [...] x-sza-du-ni
2. [_a]-sza3#_ a-na sza-lu-usz-tim
3. [u2-sze]-s,i2 _u4-buru14-sze3_
4. sza#-lu#-usz# [...]
5. i-na _e2 {d}utu_
6. u2-be-eb
7. _4(disz) i-si-ni _1(ban2) dabin_
8. u3 _1(disz) uzu-hi-a_
9. i-pa-qi2-si2
10. _igi#_ {d}utu {d}a-a
11. _igi_ sin-e-ri-ba-am
left
1. [...]-tab-ba
2. [_igi_ sin]-na#-s,ir _dumu_ na#-bi#-i3-li2-szu

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/5, 754

    [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 081248
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1384

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
2022-07-29 at 11:49:57 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI 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, 754 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510131.
MHET 2/5, 754 artifact entry (No. P510131). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510131 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 754 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510131 (Accessed: June 9, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 754 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510131},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510131},
}

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