MHET 2/4, 560 (P509939)

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 079021

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)

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tablet
obverse
1. _2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_
2. _sza3 4(iku) GAN2 [a]-sza3 a-gar3_ na-gu-um
3. _ka2_ iri{ki}
4. _a-sza3_ i-lu-ni _dumu#_ a-hi-sza#-gi-isz#
5. _ki_ i-lu-ni _dumu_ a-hi-sza#-gi-isz#
6. be-el _a-sza3_
7. ip-qu2-i3-li2-szu _di-ku5 dumu_ gi-mil#-{d}marduk
8. _a-sza3_ a-na e#-re-szu-tim
9. a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
10. u2-sze-s,i2
11. _u4# buru14#-sze3_
12. _a-sza3_ pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-i-szu
13. i-sza-ad-da-du-ma
reverse
1. _1(bur3) GAN2-e 8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu
2. _gu2-un a-sza3 i3-ag2-e_
3. sza-at-tum i-ir-ru-ba-am-ma
4. ka-ni-ik x x x x x x
5. _sza3-ba gu2-un a-sza3_-szu
6. _1/2(disz) gin2 ku3#-babbar_ ma-hi-ir
7. _igi_ x-{d}suen _dumu_ x-x-x-{d}na-bi-um
8. _igi_ hu#-za-lum _dumu_ x-x-x-tum
9. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}suen# _dumu#_ e-t,i-rum
10. _igi_ nu-ur2-{d}kab-ti _dumu_ a-hi-sza-gi-isz#
  single ruling
11. _[iti] udru{duru5} u4 7(disz)-kam#_
12. [_mu_ am]-mi#-s,a-du-qa2 _[lugal]-e#_ x x x [...] x x x [...]
seal 1
1. hu-za#-[lum]
2. _dumu_ ta-ri-[...]
3. ARAD {d}iszkur#?
seal 2
  (uninscribed)
1. _kiszib3_ ib-ni-sin
seal 3
  (uninscribed)
1. _kiszib3#_ sin-x-x-mi

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: MHET 2/4, 560

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 079021
  • Accession No.: 1889-04-26 Bu, 0318

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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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/4, 560 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509939.
MHET 2/4, 560 artifact entry (No. P509939). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509939 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/4, 560 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509939 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509939},
}

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