MHET 2/4, 483 (P509862)

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 079067

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. _a-sza3_ ma-la qa2-as-su2-nu
2. i-ka-asz-sza#-du
3. _a-gar3#_ t,a3#-bu
4. _ki_ me-lu-la#-tum lukur {d}utu#
5. _dumu_ ip-qu2-sza
6. {disz}i-na-pa-li-e-szu _dumu_ im-gur-x x x
7. u3 ib-ni-{d}marduk
8. _dumu_ x x da x-nam
9. _a#-sza3#_ a#-na# er#-re#-szu#-tim#
10. a#-na# _gu2-un_
11. u2-sze-s,i-u2
reverse
1. _u4 buru14-sze3_
2. _a-sza3_ i-sza-ad-da-du-ma#
3. a-na pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-szu
4. _1(iku) GAN2-e 1(barig) 2(ban3) sze-gur_
5. _i3-[ag2-e]_
  single ruling
6. _igi_ dingir-szu#-ba#-[ni]
7. _igi#_ [...] x x
8. _iti# kin#-{d}inanna# u4 1(u)-kam
9. _[mu]_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal_ sza _egir esz-bar mah dingir gal-gal#_
seal 1
  (uninscribed)
seal 2
  (uninscribed)

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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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  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/4, 483

    [Dekiere1995MHET2/4] Dekiere, Luc. 1995. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 4: Post-Samsu-Iluna Documents. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • history: Tradition und Neubeginn II, no. 79

    [Colbow2002Tradition] Colbow, Gudrun. 2002. Tradition Und Neubeginn. Eine Ausführliche Bearbeitung Der Spätbabylonischen Abrollungen Aus Sippar Und Ihres Beitrags Zur Glyptik Der Kassiten. Band 2. Katalog Und Abbildungen. München, Wien: Profil Verlag.

    (seals)


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 079067
  • Accession No.: 1889-04-26 Bu, 0364

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2018-09-19 at 11:35:00 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/4, 483 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509862.
MHET 2/4, 483 artifact entry (No. P509862). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509862 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/4, 483 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509862 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509862},
}

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