MHET 2/2, 330 (P481687)

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 079917

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 garden plot)

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tablet
obverse
1. [n _sar] {gesz}kiri6_ i-na# sza# sa-ri-qum
2. i#-ta# x ni-x-ni _dumu#_ dingir#-szu#-ba-ni
3. u3 i#-ta# x-{d}nanna
4. _dumu-munus_ sin-illat-su2
5. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam i7-mah_
6. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam sila#_ [...] x
7. _ki_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba#-am
8. u3# {d}suen-x x x-szu-ru-um
9. _dumu#-mesz_ a-bu-um-wa-qar
10. {disz}{d}suen#-ma-gir _dumu_ a-bu-um#-wa-qar
11. _[in-szi]-in-sa10 sa10 til-la-bi#-sze3_
12. [... _ku3-babbar in-na]-an#-la2_
13. _[{gesz}gan]-na# ib2-ta-bala_
reverse
1. _inim-bi al-til_
2. _sza3-ga-ni al-du10_
3. _u4-kur2-sze3# lu2# lu2-ra#_
4. _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
5. _mu_ {d}utu {d}amar-utu
6. {disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2#
7. u3 {iri}zimbir{ki}
8. it-mu-u2
9. _igi#_ {d}utu-illat-su2 _dumu_ sin-la-sza-na-an
10. _igi_ a-bu-um-wa-qar _dumu_ nu-ur2#-{d}kab#-ta#
11. _igi_ sin-e-ri-ba-am _dumu#_ x x x
12. x x [...] x
13. [...] sin-i-qi2-sza-am
14. _dumu_ x x x x
15. _mu {gesz}gu-za {d}inanna [...] x* babila2* x*
  collation of Woestenburg AfO 44/45, 353

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 garden plot)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 330

    [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.

  • history: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 353

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.

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  • Museum No.: BM 079917
  • Accession No.: 1889-10-14, 0465

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 04:42:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-17 at 11:11:52 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-09-14 at 14:11:35 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-09-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 330 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481687.
MHET 2/2, 330 artifact entry (No. P481687). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481687 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 330 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481687 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 330 artifact entry},
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}

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