MHET 2/2, 172 (P481429)

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 017353

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 sale)

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tablet
obverse
1. n 4(iku) _iku a-sza3 ab-sin2#_
2. i#?-na#? [...] x a bi? [...]
3. sza _kaskal_ kar-{d}[...]
4. i-ta# [...] im-gur-[...]
5. u3 i-ta _e_ sza# [...]
6. _sag#-bi 1(disz)-kam_ a-[...]
7. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam_ nam#-[...]
8. i-na nam-kar [...]
9. sza ti li PA [...]
10. me-e i-sza-[qi2 ...]
11. _ki_ dumu-{iri}ba-ia [...]
12. {disz}hu-za-la-tum [...] _dumu_ ak-sza-[ia]
13. [i-na] _har ku3-babbar_-sza _in-szi#-[in-sa10]
14. sa10# til-la-bi#-[sze3]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _[u4-kur2-sze3] lu2 lu2-ra_
2'. [... ha-am-mu]-ra#-pi2
3'. [...] buranun#{ki} it-mu
4'. [_igi_ dingir-pi4-{d}]a#-a _sanga {d}utu_
5'. [...] PA# _lukur {d}utu_
6'. [...] x-am _dumu_ i-ku-pi2-sza
7'. _igi#_ [...] _dumu#_ na#-ra-am-i3-li2-szu#
8'. [_igi_ ...] _dumu_ {d}nin-szubur-ma-an-szum2
9'. [_igi_ ...]-ra#-am
10'. [...]-a-{d}utu
11'. [_igi_ ...]-lu2-hi _dumu-munus_ ARAD-{d}suen
12'. [...]-qa#-bi-e-{d}utu
13'. [...] _dub-sar_
  single ruling
14'. [_iti ...] u4# 5(disz)-kam_
15'. [_mu_ ha-am-mu]-ra-pi2 _lugal-e_
16'. _{[gesz]}gu#-za {d}inanna babila2{ki}_

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Field sale)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 172

    [Dekiere1994MHET2/2] Dekiere, Luc. 1994. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 2: Documents from the Reign of Hammurabi. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

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  • Museum No.: BM 017353
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0067

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-07-26 at 12:42:13 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 172 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481429.
MHET 2/2, 172 artifact entry (No. P481429). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481429 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 172 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481429 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 172 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481429},
}

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