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MHET 2/4, 515 (P509894)

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 080335

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _2(esze3)# [GAN2] a-sza3 ab-sin2#_
2. _a-gar3_ ha-ZA-ri-[i]
3. x x x x x ri [...]
4. _a-sza3_ na-bi-x x _dumu_ [...]
5. _ki_ na-bi-x x [...]
6. be-el _a#-sza3#_
7. {disz}x x x-dingir _dumu_ x [...]
8. _a#-sza3#_ a#-na# er#-re#-szu#-tim#
9. a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
10. _ib2-ta-e3_
11. _u4 buru14-sze3_
12. _a-sza3_ pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-szu
13. i-sza-da-du-ma
14. _1(bur3) GAN2-e#_
15. _8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2#_ {d}utu
reverse
1. _gu2-un a-sza3 i3-ag2-e_
2. i-na _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3_-szu
3. _1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir
single ruling
4. _igi_ i#-na#-pa-le-e-szu _ugula gidri_
5. _igi_ dingir-pi2-{d}suen _ugula lukur_ {d}utu
6. _dumu_ i3-li2-i-din-nam
7. _igi_ {d}suen-a-ha-am-i-din-nam _dub-sar_
single ruling
8. _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_
9. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan# nam#-[nir-gal2 ...] dingir [...]_
seal 1
(uninscribed)
1. sin-szesz-i-din-nam

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: MHET 2/4, 515

[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.
collation: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 355 (coll.)

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 080335
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0472

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ammi-saduqa.09.02.14 ?
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

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

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-472)

Seals

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

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

Notes

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“MHET 2/4, 515 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509894.

MHET 2/4, 515 artifact entry (No. P509894). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509894 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/4, 515 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509894 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/4, 515 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509894},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509894},
}

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“MHET 2/4, 515 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509894.

MHET 2/4, 515 artifact entry (No. P509894). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509894 (Original work published 2018)

MHET 2/4, 515 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509894 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/4, 515 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509894},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509894},
}

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M1  - 2024/4/23/
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ER  -

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