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MHET 2/6, 928 (P510302)

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 097296

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. [...] _GAN2_ me-er-szu-um
2. _[da?] e2_ na-bi-{d}utu _gala_ [...]
3. [u3] _da# e2_ a-du-an-ni-a-am# [...]
4. _sag#-bi 1(disz)-kam e2_ ib-ni-{d}suen# [...]
5. _sag#-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma_ hi-ri-tum
6. _ki_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 _dumu_ {d}nin-gal#-[...]
7. {disz}ta-ad-di-in-{d}nin-gal _lukur_ {d}utu
8. _dumu-munus_ i-din-{d}nin-szubur
9. i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza
10. _in-szi-in-sa10_
11. _sa10# til-la#-bi-sze3_
12. _5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
13. _in-na-an-la2_
14. _inim#-bi al#-til_
reverse
1. _[sza3-ga]-a-ni al-du10_
2. _[u4-kur2-sze3] lu2 lu2-ra inim nu-ga2-ga2-a_
3. _[mu]_ {d}utu {d}[a]-a# {d}marduk
4. u3# sa-[am]-su2#-i#-[lu-na] _lugal-in-pa3-de3-mesz_
5. _igi_ {d}suen-e-[ri-ba]-am
6. _dumu#_ na-ra-[am-i3]-li2#-szu
7. [_igi_ ...] x x [...]-i3-li2-szu
rest broken

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
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/6, 928

[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 097296
Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0350

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.--.--.--
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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
2018-09-05 at 03:56:38	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	approved
2018-08-26 at 03:40:52	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Firth, Richard		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_1902-1011-350) (W_1902-1011-350)

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Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/6, 928 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510302.

MHET 2/6, 928 artifact entry (No. P510302). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510302 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/6, 928 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510302 (Accessed: December 9, 2025).

@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MHET 2/6, 928 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510302},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510302},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510302
LB  - CDLI:P510302
M1  - 2025/12/9/
TI  - MHET 2/6, 928 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510302
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MHET 2/6, 928 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510302.

MHET 2/6, 928 artifact entry (No. P510302). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510302 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/6, 928 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510302 (Accessed: December 9, 2025).

@misc{2023MHET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MHET 2/6, 928 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510302},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510302},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510302
LB  - CDLI:P510302
M1  - 2025/12/9/
TI  - MHET 2/6, 928 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510302
ER  -