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MHET 2/5, 760 (P510137)

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 081289

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. i-na _a-gar3 gu-la_
3. i-ta _a-sza3_ nu-ur2-{d}utu
4. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ ARAD-{d}utu
5. _ki_ la-ma-si2
6. _dumu-munus_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
7. u3 erisz-ti-{d}a-a
8. _dumu-munus_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu
9. {disz}mu-na-nu-um
10. u3# ha-s,i3-rum
11. _a-sza3_ a-na sza-lu-usz-tim
reverse
1. u2-sze-s,i2 _u4-buru14-sze3_
2. sza-lu-usz-tam
3. i-na _e2 {d}utu_
4. u2-bi-bu-szi-im
5. _4(disz)_ i-si-ni _3(ban2) dabin-a_
6. u3 mi-szi-ir-tam
7. i-pa-qi2-du-szi
8. _igi_ a-pa-an-dingir
9. _igi_ sin-na-s,ir
10. _igi_ sza? x x
11. _igi#_ dingir-szu-a-bu#-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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
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Related publications

primary: MHET 2/5, 760

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 081289
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1426

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2022-07-29 at 11:49:57	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2022-07-20 at 15:27:10	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-1426) (W_1891-0509-1426)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/5, 760 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510137.

MHET 2/5, 760 artifact entry (No. P510137). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510137 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/5, 760 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510137 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 760 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510137},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510137},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P510137
M1  - 2026/3/3/
TI  - MHET 2/5, 760 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/5, 760 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510137.

MHET 2/5, 760 artifact entry (No. P510137). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510137 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/5, 760 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510137 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 760 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510137},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510137},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510137
LB  - CDLI:P510137
M1  - 2026/3/3/
TI  - MHET 2/5, 760 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510137
ER  -