BDHP 25 (P510405)
Dowries and other gifts tablet & envelope 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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 082466 & BM 082467Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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obverse
1. _4(iku) [n?] GAN2# a-sza3_
ts: erbet ... ikû eqlam
en: A field of 4+n (?) IKU
2. i-na ta-wi-ir-tum
ts: ina tawirtum
en: in the arable area
3. i-na u2-ga-ar gi-za-ni-im
ts: ina ugār gizānim
en: in the Gizānum irrigation district,
4. i-ta na-asz-pa-<ku?>-tum na-di-tim
ts: itā našpakūtum nadītim
en: next to the storeroom of the nadītu;
5. _2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na za-asz2-ki-im
ts: šinā ikû eqlam ina zaškim
en: a field of 2 IKU in the Zaškum (irrigation district)
6. i-ta i-zi-ib-dingir
ts: itā izib-ilum
en: next to (the property of) Izib-ilum
7. u3 sa-me-hu-um
ts: u sameḫum
en: and Sameḫum;
8. _1(disz) sag-nita2_ i3-li2-illat-ti _mu-ni_
ts: ištēt amtam ilī-tillatī šumša
en: 1 female slave, her name is Ilī-tillatī,
9. na-szi i-s,i2-sza
ts: nāši iṣīša
en: the carrier of her firewood,
10. ha-am-ma-ta-ar
ts: ḫammatar
en: Ḫammatar
11. a-na sa-e-ra-tum
ts: ana sa’eratum
en: to Sa’eratum
12. ma-ar-ti-szu i-di-in
ts: mārtīšu i(d)din
en: his daughter has given.
13. a-di ha-am-ma-<ta>-ar ba-al-t,u2
ts: adi ḫammatar balṭu
en: As long as Ḫammatur is alive,
14. wa-ra-sa3 i-sza-pa-ar
ts: wara(s)sa iša(p)par
en: he will have the authority on her slave
15. u3 e-qe2-el-sza i-ka-al
ts: u eqelša i(k)kal
en: and will have the usufruct of her field.
reverse
1. [wa-ar]-ki ha-am-ma-ta-ar
ts: warki ḫammatar
en: After Ḫammatar(‘s death),
2. _a-sza3_ sa-e-ra-tim
ts: eqel s’aeratim
en: the field will be of Sa’eratum;
3. wa-ar-ki sa-e-ra-tim
ts: warki s’aeratim
en: after Sa’eratum(‘s death),
4. a-hu-sza a-na uk-la-ti-szu-nu
ts: a(ḫ)ḫūša ana uklātīšunu
en: her brothers (will have it) for their nourishment.
5. _igi_ la-ah-bi-ru
ts: maḫar laḫbiru
en: Before Laḫbiru,
6. _igi_ la-mu-ra
ts: maḫar lamura
en: before Lamura,
7. _igi_ nu-di-dingir
ts: maḫar nudi-ilum
en: before Nudi-ilum (and)
8. _igi_ puzur4-{d}utu
ts: maḫar puzur-šamaš
en: before Puzur-šamaš
9. ma-ru su-um-li-s,i2-im
ts: mārū sum-līṣim
en: sons of Sum-līṣim;
10. _igi_ ia-ta-ar-dingir
ts: maḫar yatar-ilum
en: before Yatar-ilum (and)
11. _igi_ ar-na-bu-um
ts: maḫar arnabum
en: before Arnabum
12. ma-ru ba-al-li-im
ts: mārū ballim
en: sons of Ballum;
13. _igi_ ia-ak-ri-dingir
ts: maḫar yakri-ilum
en: before Yakri-ilum
14. _dumu_ im-lik-{d}suen
ts: mār imlik-sîn
en: son of Imlik-sîn
15. u3 s,i-li-bu-um _dub-sar_
ts: u ṣilibum ṭupšarrim
en: and Ṣilibum the scribe;
16. _igi_ i-zi-ib-dingir
ts: maḫar izib-ilum
en: before Izib-ilum
17. _dumu_ i-ku-pi2-{d}suen
ts: mār ikū(n)-pî-sîn
en: son of Ikūn-pî-sîn.
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Family > Dowries and other gifts
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: BDHP, 25
[Waterman1916BDHP] Waterman, Leroy. 1916. Business Documents of the Hammurapi Period from the British Museum. London: Luzac & Co.
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history: OLA 109, p. 145
[Goddeeris2002economy] Goddeeris, Anne. 2002. Economy and Society in Northern Babylonia in the Early Old Babylonian Period (ca. 2000 - 1800 BC). Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 109. Leuven: Peeters.
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history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1737
[Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
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history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 37
[Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 082466 & BM 082467
- Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2495
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-28 at 10:28:05 | Guidi, Carlo | Artifact | Guidi, Carlo | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2024-07-28 at 10:14:04 | Guidi, Carlo | Translation | Guidi, Carlo | Lafont, Bertrand | approved |
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| 2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2021-07-14 at 20:35:34 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Atf | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2018-06-01 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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@misc{2024BDHP,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-14]},
year = {2024},
month = {aug 11},
title = {BDHP 25 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P510405},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510405},
}
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