MHET 2/2, 266 (P481528)

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 079953

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of a house and storage room)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) _sar e2 du3-a_
2. u3 ga-ni-nu-um i-te-er im-t,i3
3. ma-la ma-s,u2-u2
4. _da e2_ ma-nu-um _dumu_ i3-li2-ma-a#-bi
5. u3 _da e2_ szu-pi2-sza
6. _sanga {d}gu-la_
7. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam e2_ SIG-an#-tum
8. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam sila dagal-la_
9. _ki_ su2-mu-ha-am-mu
10. {disz}{munus}sza-at-{d}a-a _lukur {d}a-a_
11. _dumu-munus_ ARAD-{d}suen
12. _in#-szi-in-sa10_
13. _[sa10] til#-la#-bi#-sze3#_
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _u4#-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra#_
2'. _inim nu-ga2-ga2-a
3'. _mu_ {d}utu {d}amar-utu u3 ha-am-mu-ra#-pi2# _lugal#_
4'. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
  single ruling
5'. _igi_ SIG-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ lugal-{d}utu
6'. _igi_ i-din-{d}er3-ra _dumu_ ta-pi2-gi-ri-{d}utu
7'. _igi_ ni-id-na-at-{d}suen#
8'. _dumu_ {d}utu-e-ri-ba-am!
9'. _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ SIG-{d}iszkur
10'. _igi_ {d}nanna-tum _dumu_ bur-{d}suen
11'. _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir _dumu_ nam-rum-sza-ru-ur
  single ruling
12'. _iti kin-{d}inanna u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam_
13'. _mu_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal-e ugnim_ tu-ru-uk-[kam{ki}] u3 ma-[...] kur da an x _me3-ta# bi2-ib2-szub-ba_
  some text moved to previous line

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 (Sale of a house and storage room)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 266

    [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 079953
  • Accession No.: 1889-10-14, 0502

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 04:42:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-01 at 12:02:27 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 266 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481528.
MHET 2/2, 266 artifact entry (No. P481528). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481528 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 266 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481528 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 266 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481528},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481528},
}

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