MHET 2/2, 141 (P481384)

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 017345

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Inheritance)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) _sar 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 e2 kislah_ me-er-szu
2. _da e2_ ib-ni#-{d}[...] x x
3. u3 _da e2_ mu-s,u2-[...]
4. _ha-la_ [...] x szesz [...]
5. _ki_ ib-ni-{d}[...]
6. [...] ZI x [...]
7. [i-zu]-zu-u2 [...]
8. isz-tu pi2-i# [a-di _ku3-sig17_]
9. _a-sza3 {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}[...]
10. u3 _e2_ ki-di-[im]
11. mi-it-ha-ri-isz# [i]-zu#-u2-zu
12. _u4 kur2-sze3_ u4-mi-[im]
13. a-hu-um [...] a-hi-im#
14. u2-ul i-ra-ga-am
15. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a
reverse
1. {d}amar-utu
2. u2 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
3. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
  blank space
4. _igi_ ha-bil2-ki-nu-um _dumu_ {d}utu-na-s,i-[ir]
5. _igi_ ARAD-{d}utu _dumu_ ma-s,i-tum
6. _igi_ li-bur-na-di-szu _ugula erin2-mesz_
7. _igi_ a-ha-am-nir-szi u3 e-tel-pi4-{d}utu
8. _dumu-me_ ma-nu-um
9. _igi_ SIG-ir-s,i-tim _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}ba-[ba6]
10. _igi_ ma/ku?-PA x u3 ri-isz-{d}utu
11. _dumu_ ha-<bi>-il-ki-nu-um
12. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}gibil6 _dumu_ a-hu-szi-na
13. _igi_ du-lu-qu2-um _dumu_ sin-isz-me-an#-ni
14. _igi_ e2-idim-ASZ _dumu_ ka-la-at-tum
15. _igi_ {d}utu-i3-kusz2# _dub-sar_
left
1. _mu gu-za bara2-mah {d}nanna_

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 141

    [Dekiere1994MHET2/2] Dekiere, Luc. 1994. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 2: Documents from the Reign of Hammurabi. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 363

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017345
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0059

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2022-07-04 at 11:51:23 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2019-04-13 at 02:45:35 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-07-26 at 12:40:24 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 141 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481384.
MHET 2/2, 141 artifact entry (No. P481384). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481384 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 141 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481384 (Accessed: December 14, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481384},
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