MHET 2/4, 548 (P509927)

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 064395

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

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tablet
obverse
1. _[...] GAN2 a-sza3# [...]-kal_
2. [...] _a#-gar3_ x mi-[...]-tim
3. [...] {d}utu-ra-[bi] _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni
4. [... {d}]utu-ra-bi _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni
5. be-el _a-sza3_
6. {disz}ib-ni-{d}utu _dumu_ sig-isz8-tar2
7. _a-sza3 ki-kal_ a-na er-re-[szu]-tim
8. a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu# [n-kam]_
9. _1(iku) GAN2 1(barig) sze {gesz}ban2#_ [{d}utu]
10. i-na-ad-di-[...]
11. i-na sza-lu-[usz-tim sza-at-tim]
12. _a-sza3_ a-na _gu2#-un#_ [...]
reverse
1. i-na _sza3 gu2-un a-sza3_-szu
2. _igi-6(disz)-gal2_-sza ma-hi-ir
  single ruling
3. _igi_ {d}utu-ra-bi _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}marduk
4. _igi_ sze-rum-i3-li2 _dumu_ i3-li2-im-gur-an#-[ni]
5. _igi_ i-din-dingir [...] x x x _dumu_ an-pi4-sza
6. _igi_ gi-mil-{d}x x x x x x
  single ruling
7. _[iti gu4]-si-sa2 u4 1(disz)-kam_
8. [_mu_ am]-mi#-s,a#-du#-qa2 _lugal-e_ {i7}am-mi-s,a#-du-qa2-nu-hu-usz-ni-szi-i
seal 1
1. [sze-rum-i3-li2]
2. _<dumu>_ i3-li2-im-[gur-an-ni]
3. ARAD# {d}[...]
seal 2
1. [...] x x
2. [...] NI NI
3. [...] {d#}suen-x-[...]
4. ARAD sza x [...]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/4, 548

    [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. 356

    [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 064395
  • Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 04375

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
2018-09-23 at 08:16:30 Woestenburg, Els Atf Jagersma, Bram 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, 548 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509927.
MHET 2/4, 548 artifact entry (No. P509927). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509927 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/4, 548 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509927 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509927},
}


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