MHET 2/2, 196 (P481453)

Legal 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, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 081368 & BM 081368A

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Field lease)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(esze3) _iku a-sza3_ i-na x x x
2. _us2-sa-du a-sza3_ nu-ur2#-{d}utu
3. u3 _us2-sa-du a-sza3 dumu-munus_ su2-mu-{d}iszkur
4. _ki_ e-ri-isz-ti-{d}a-a
5. _dumu-munus_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu
6. {disz}{d}utu-na-s,ir x [...]
7. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-[szu-tim]
8. u2-sze-s,i2# [...]
9. _gu2#-un_ [...]
10. 6(gesz2) x x [...] x [...]
reverse
1. i-na _ka2 ga2-gi4-[a]_
2. i3-ag2-[e]
3. 3(disz) _ezem {d}utu 2(ban2) zi3 [...]
4. u3 1(disz) _uzu_ i-pa-qi2-si2# [...]
5. _igi_ ni-id-nu-sza _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}x
6. _igi_ a-bi-ia-tum
7. _igi_ qur-ra-du-um
8. _dumu_ ARAD-{d}i-szum
9. _igi_ {d}e2-a-an-na-ma-an-szum2
10. _iti sig4-a u4 2(u)-kam_
11. _mu alam {d}inanna_

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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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Field lease)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 196

    [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 081368 & BM 081368A
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1504 & 1891-05-09 Bu, 1504A

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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
2018-08-16 at 17:42:07 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, 196 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481453.
MHET 2/2, 196 artifact entry (No. P481453). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481453 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 196 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481453 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	month = {sep 9},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 196 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481453},
}

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