MHET 2/6, 865 (P510241)

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 097042

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)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) sar e2 du3-a_
2. _da_ geme2-be-el-tim _dumu-munus_ nu-ur2#-[...]
3. _da e2_ {d}utu-x-x _dumu_ u2-ta-tum
4. u3 _da e2_ {d}iszkur#-ri-mi-i3-li2 _nu {gesz}kiri6_
5. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma e2_ dingir-lam-e-ri-ba
6. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma e2_ na-bi-{d}utu
7. i-na mu-s,e#-e ib-ni-{d}urasz u2-us,-s,i2
8. _ki_ {d}utu#-[ra]-bi _dumu_ {disz}il-li#-mu#
9. {disz}geme2-be-el#-[tim ...]
10. _dumu-munus_ ri-isz-{d}utu#
11. i-na _har ku3-babbar in-szi-in-sa10#_
12. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
13. _1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_
14. _in-na-an-la2_
reverse
1. _inim-bi al-til sza3-ga-ni al-du10_
2. _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra inim nu-um-ga2-a_
3. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
4. u3 sam-am-su2-i-lu-na _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
5. _igi#_ nu-ra-tum _dumu_ sig-an-nu-ni-tum
6. [_igi_] {d}suen#-i-din-nam _dumu_ {d}utu-ub#-lam#?
7. _igi#_ {d}suen#-ga-mil _dumu_ x-x-{d}suen
8. _igi_ nu-ur2-a-li-szu _di-ku5_
9. _igi_ ARAD-{d}suen _dumu_ ia-ku-nu-um
10. _igi_ nu-ur2-{d}utu _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur
11. _igi_ {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim _dumu_ sin-i-din-nam#
12. _igi_ be-la-nu-um _dumu_ ku-bu-bu-um
13. _igi_ sin-im-gur-an-ni _dumu_ e-tel-pi4-esz18-dar
14. _igi#_ dumu#-{iri}ba-ia{ki} _dumu_ ri-isz-[...]
15. _igi#_ nam-ra!-am-sza-ru-ur
16. [_igi_] dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ [...]
17. ($ illegible $)
left
1. [_igi_] dingir-ma-an-szum2 _dumu_ sig-nu-nu
2. _igi_ i3-li2-u3-{d}utu _dub-sar_
3. _iti ziz2-a u4 6(disz)-kam_
4. _mu# [alan szud3]-szud3!-de3 {d}lamma ku3-sig17_

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MHET 2/6, 865

    [Dekiere1997MHET2/6] Dekiere, Luc. 1997. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 6: Documents from the Series 1902-10-11. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

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  • Museum No.: BM 097042
  • Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0096

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2018-07-31 at 11:05:51 Woestenburg, Els Transliteration Woestenburg, Els CDLI Approved View
2018-07-31 at 11:04:16 Woestenburg, Els Transliteration Woestenburg, Els CDLI Approved View
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/6, 865 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510241.
MHET 2/6, 865 artifact entry (No. P510241). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510241 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/6, 865 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510241 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).
@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MHET 2/6, 865 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510241},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510241
LB  - CDLI:P510241
M1  - 2026/2/19/
TI  - MHET 2/6, 865 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510241
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/6, 865 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510241.
MHET 2/6, 865 artifact entry (No. P510241). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510241 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/6, 865 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510241 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).
@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MHET 2/6, 865 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510241},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510241
LB  - CDLI:P510241
M1  - 2026/2/19/
TI  - MHET 2/6, 865 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510241
ER  - 
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