MHET 2/2, 252 (P481509)

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 017571

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Rent of a house)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _e2_ ma-la ma-s,u-u2
2. _ki_ ru-ut-tum _lukur {d}utu_
3. _dumu-munus_ i-zi-ga-tar
4. {disz}dumu-er-s,i-tim
5. _dumu_ a-bu-ha-li
6. a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
7. u2-sze-s,i2
8. ki-is,-ri _mu 1(disz)-kam_
reverse
1. 3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar i3-la2-e_
2. re-esz-ti ki-is,-ri _mu 1(disz)-kam_-[szu]
3. 4(disz) _ezem {d}utu 1(disz) uzu#_ [...]
4. i-pa-qi2-id#
5. _iti du6-ku3 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_ i-ru-ub
6. _iti kin-{d}inanna_ i-ga-mar-ma
7. u2-s,i2
  single ruling
8. _igi_ ARAD-sa3 _igi_ {d}nanna-tum
9. sza _ka2_ ga-gi-im
left
1. _iti du6-ku3 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
2. _mu i7_ ha-am-mu-<ra>-pi2 nu-hu-<usz-ni-szi>

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Rent of a house)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 252

    [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 017571
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0285

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2018-09-01 at 12:02:25 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-28 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 252 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481509.
MHET 2/2, 252 artifact entry (No. P481509). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481509 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 252 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481509 (Accessed: May 9, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-05-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 252 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481509},
}


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