MHET 2/5, 784 (P510161)

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 081715

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. [... _GAN2 a]-sza3#_
2. i-[na _a]-gar3#_ ma-ha-na
3. [_ki_] in-na-ba-tum
4. [...] na-ba-lu?
5. x-x-ga-mi-il
6. a-na e-re-szu-tim
7. u2-sze-s,i2 _gu2 a-sza3_
8. _3(asz) gur sze#_ [...]
9. i-na _ka2_ ga-gi-im
reverse
1. _in-na-la2_
  MHET reads: -lal2
2. _igi_ {d}utu-sug-a-ni-<szi>
3. _igi_ {d}da-mu-gal-zu
4. _igi_ {d}mar-tu-ba-ni
5. _igi_ {d}inanna-ama-mu
6. _dumu-munus_ a-ab-ba
7. t,a3#-bu#-um# _dub-sar_
left
1. i-na e-lu-nam
2. pi2#-sza#-nam! u3 _szah2-tur#_
3. i#-pa#-aq#-qi2#-si2#

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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
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/5, 784

    [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: AfO 44/45, p. 356-360, p. 357

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/5] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/5.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 356–60.

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  • Museum No.: BM 081715
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 1847

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
2022-07-20 at 15:27:11 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, 784 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510161.
MHET 2/5, 784 artifact entry (No. P510161). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510161 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 784 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510161 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510161},
}

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