MHET 2/5, 621 (P523843)

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 017475

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (field lease)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _a-sza3_ ma-la [ma-s,u2-u2 ...] _sza3_
2. i-na _a-gar3_ ha-[...]
3. _dam_ na-ra-am-tum
4. _dumu-munus_ nu-ur2-ku-bi
5. _ki_ ra-ma-tum _dumu_ ha-li-lum
6. u3 _ki_ geme2-{d}utu
7. _dumu-munus_ su2-i-la
8. {disz}ku-la-lum
9. _[dumu]_ {d}utu-s,u2-lu-li
10. _a-sza3_ a-na e-re-szu-tim
reverse
1. [u2]-sze-s,i2 _u4 buru14-sze3_
2. [sza]-lu-usz-tam
3. [i]-na _e2_ {d}utu u2-be-eb#
4. _igi_ {d}utu {d}a-a
5. _igi_ nin-tum
6. _dumu-munus_ e-ti-ia
7. _igi_ sza-at-{d}a-a
8. _dumu_ ma-ni-ne [...]

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MHET 2/5, 621

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 017475
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0189

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2021-07-26 at 08:34:47 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2021-07-18 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/5, 621 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P523843.
MHET 2/5, 621 artifact entry (No. P523843). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P523843 (Original work published 2021)
MHET 2/5, 621 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P523843 (Accessed: June 11, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 621 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P523843},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P523843},
}

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