MHET 2/2, 159 (P481416)

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 017295

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of house)

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u)# 2(disz)# _sar e2 du3-a_
2. _{gesz}kesz2-da {gesz}ig sag-kul gub!-ba_
3. _kusz3_ sza ku-ru-um a-di sza AZ tu li da dagal?
4. u3 mu-s,u2-u2-szu
5. _da# e2_ zi-im-ru-u2 u3 _e2_ ha-ia-x-x [...]
6. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam e2_ {d}suen-ib-ni
7. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam e2_ {d}x-[...] x x x
8. _ki#_ ri-isz-{d}utu _dumu#_ [i-din-sin]
9. {disz}s,il2-li2-{d}utu _dumu#_ [...]
10. _in-szi-in-sa10_
11. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3#_
12. _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
13. _sza3-ga-ni al-du10_
14. _{gesz}gan#-na ib2-ta-bal#_
15. _[inim-bi] al-til_
reverse
1. _u4-kur2-sze3# lu2 lu2-ra_
2. _inim nu#-um#-ga2-ga2-a
3. _mu_ {d}utu {d}amar-utu ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
4. u3 _iri_ zimbir{ki} _in-pa3_
5. [_igi_] qi2-isz-nu-nu _igi_ bur-{d}suen _dumu-mesz_ [...]
6. _igi_ dingir-pi4-sza _dumu_ li-pi2-it-sin
7. _igi_ lugal-{d}utu _dumu_ dingir-szu-na-s,i-ir
8. _igi_ sin-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ be-li2-sipa
9. _igi_ {d}utu-illat-su3 _dumu_ sin-la-sza-na-an#
10. _igi#_ [e]-ri-ba-am _dumu_ {d}utu-ra-bi
11. _igi_ sin-illat-su2 _dumu_ sin-ib-ni
12. _igi_ ARAD-{d}suen _dumu_ sin-illat-su2
13. _igi_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _dub-sar_
14. _mu bad3#_ ra-pi2-kum{ki}

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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 (Sale of house)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 159

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 017295
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0009

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-08-16 at 17:36:35 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-07-26 at 12:42:14 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 159 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481416.
MHET 2/2, 159 artifact entry (No. P481416). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481416 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481416 (Accessed: December 7, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481416},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481416},
}

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