MHET 2/5, 611 (P509989)

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 017387

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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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) sar#_ [...]
2. {disz}{d}suen-ra#?-im#?-[uri2{ki}]
3. a-na in-na-ba-[tum]
4. i-di-in a-pil2#?-[sza]
5. {disz}{d}utu-e-ri#-[ba?-am?]
6. a-di in-[na-ba-tum ba-al-t,a3-at]
7. {disz}{d}[...]
8. i-na [...]
9. isz-tu# [pe2-e a-di _ku3-sig17_ ...]
10. _e2_ sza [...] x [...]
11. {disz}[...] UD [...]
12. {disz}{d#}[...]
13. u3 ha#? [...]
14. x [...]
reverse
1. _igi_ e-ri#-[...]
2. _igi_ a-hu-[...]
3. _igi_ sin-lu-ud-lu-[ul]
4. _dumu_ szum-ma-[{d}utu]
5. _igi_ er3-ra-ia _dumu_ [...]
6. _igi_ ha-ia-am-di-[du]
7. _dumu_ a-ba
8. _igi_ {d}utu-illat-su2 _dumu#_ [...]
9. _igi_ a-hi-ia-a _dumu_ x [...]
10. _igi_ lu2-{d}nin-si4-an-[na ...]
11. _iti ab-e3 [u4 n-kam_]
12. _mu_ x x x x x [...] ki
  rest broken

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

  • primary: MHET 2/5, 611

    [Dekiere1996MHET2/5] Dekiere, Luc. 1996. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 5: Documents without Date or with Date Lost. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 420

    [Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017387
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0101

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
2021-10-22 at 19:00:08 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. 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 2/5, 611 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509989.
MHET 2/5, 611 artifact entry (No. P509989). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509989 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 611 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509989 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 611 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509989},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509989},
}


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