MHET 2/2, 256 (P481513)

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 016966

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Litigation)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. {disz#}dingir-dingir-ri-sza
2. u3 szu-mi-ir-s,i-tim _dumu-me_ ARAD-sa3#
3. a-na ba-szi-it _e2-a-ba#_ it#-tu-ru-ma
4. _di-ku5#-mesz lugal_ ik-szu-da-ma
5. _di-ku5#-mesz lugal_ a-na _e2 {d}utu_
6. it,-ru-ud-su2!-nu-ti-ma
7. i-na _ka2 {d}utu_ u2-sza-am-gi-ru-szu-nu-ti
8. ba-szi-it _e2-a-ba_ i-ma-t,i
9. u2-ul i-ta-szi-ma
10. {disz}dingir-dingir-ri-sza
11. a-na szu-mi-ir-s,i-tim
12. u2-ul i-ra-gu2-um
13. u3 szu-mi-ir-s,i-tim
14. u2#-ul i-ta-ar-ma
reverse
1. [... dingir]-dingir#-ri-sza
2. [... i]-ra-ga-am
3. [_mu_ ... {d}]amar#-utu ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
4. [u3] zimbir#{ki} it-mu-u2
5. [_igi_ ...] am#-zu-um
6. [_igi_ ...]-bi#-um _dumu_ szum-ma-dingir
7. _igi#_ [...]-dingir-szu _dumu_ e-tel-pi4-sin
8. _igi_ ta#-ri-bu-um _dumu_ i-na-qa2-ti-{d}utu
9. _igi_ ri-isz-{d}utu _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}utu
10. _igi_ {d}utu-i-din-nam _dumu_ i-di-szum
11. _igi_ qa3-qa2-da-nu-um _dumu_ mu-na-wi-rum
12. _igi_ lu2-la-tum _dumu_ ri-isz-{d}utu
13. _igi_ szu-me-er-s,i-tim _dumu_ im#-x-[...]
14. _igi_ ri-isz-{d}utu _dumu_ x x [...]
15. _igi#_ ma-an-nu-um-ki-ma-{d}suen _dub-sar_
16. _mu# an {d}inanna_ {d}na-na-a

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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 (Litigation)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 256

    [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 016966
  • Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0082

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, 256 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481513.
MHET 2/2, 256 artifact entry (No. P481513). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481513 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 256 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481513 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {MHET 2/2, 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481513},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481513},
}

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