MHET 2/2, 198 (P481455)

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 079984

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)

-

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. _dub 3(iku) iku a-sza3_
2. i-na _a-gar3 gu-la_
3. i-ta _a-sza3_ sin-ga-mil
4. u3 i-ta _a-sza3 dumu-munus_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu
5. _ki_ sza-at-{d}a-a _lukur {d}utu_
6. u3 ni-szi-i-ni-szu _lukur {d}utu_
7. _dumu-munus_ a-pil-sin
8. {disz}ARAD-{d}suen
9. _dumu_ ha-x-ra-nim
10. _a#-sza3#_ a-na e-re-szu-tim#
11. [u2]-sze-s,i2
12. 1(iku)# iku 1(disz) sze [gur]_
reverse
1. [i-na _{gesz}ban2] {d}utu_
2. _[i3]-ag2-e_
3. [n]+2(disz) i-si-ni 1(ban2) _dabin-ta_
4. u3 mi-szi-ir-tum
5. i-pa-qi2-si2
6. _igi_ ma-an-na-tum
7. _igi_ ku-za-ba#-tum
8. _dumu-mesz_ {d}[...-mu]-usz#-te-szi-ir
9. _mu bara2 mah {d}en-lil2_
top
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left
  (uninscirbed seal impression)
seal 1
1. {d}utu
2. {d}a-a

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


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 198

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 079984
  • Accession No.: 1889-10-14, 0534

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 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
2018-08-16 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 012135 (composite) (P500567) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 198 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481455.
MHET 2/2, 198 artifact entry (No. P481455). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481455 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 198 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481455 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 198 artifact entry},
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}

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