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MHET 2/6, 911 (P510285)

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 097242

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_
2. _a-gar3_ na-gu-u2
3. _a-sza3_ du-ul-lu-qi2-im
4. _dumu_ li-pi2-it-{d}suen
5. _ki_ du-ul-lu-qi2-im
6. _dumu_ li-pi2-it-{d}suen
7. be-el _a-sza3_
8. {d}na-bi-um-na-s,i#-ir _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_
9. a-na er-re-szu#-tim a-na _gu2-un_
10. a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam ib2-ta-e3_
11. _u4 buru14-sze3_
12. _a-sza3_ i-sza-ad-da-du-ma
13. _1(bur3) GAN2 1(disz)-e 8(asz) sze gur_
reverse
1. _sze_-am _i3-ag2-e_
single ruling
2. _igi_ {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi
3. _dumu_ sig-an-tum
4. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li-it, _dumu_ sin-eri-ba-am
single ruling
5. _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam#_
6. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e du11-ga-mah {d}utu lugal-a-ni-sze3_
seal 1
1. du-ul-[lu-qum]
2. _dumu_ li-pi2-[it-{d}suen]
3. ARAD {d}suen
4. u3 {d}mar-tu
seal 2
1. [...]-ta?-szu-[...]
2. [_dumu_ ...] ni szu x x [...]
3. [ARAD] {d}mar-[tu]
4. [u3] {d}za-ba-[ba4]

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

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

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primary: MHET 2/6, 911

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 097242
Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0296

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ammi-saduqa.16.01.26
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2018-08-21 at 11:16:09	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	approved
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1902-1011-296)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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“MHET 2/6, 911 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510285.

MHET 2/6, 911 artifact entry (No. P510285). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510285 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/6, 911 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510285 (Accessed: June 19, 2025).

@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MHET 2/6, 911 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510285},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510285},
}

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“MHET 2/6, 911 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510285.

MHET 2/6, 911 artifact entry (No. P510285). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510285 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/6, 911 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510285 (Accessed: June 19, 2025).

@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MHET 2/6, 911 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510285},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510285},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510285
LB  - CDLI:P510285
M1  - 2025/6/19/
TI  - MHET 2/6, 911 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510285
ER  -

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