MHET 2/2, 161 (P481418)

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 080428

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Field sale)

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(iku) _[iku a-sza3]_ i-na bu*-ra*-[ah]{ki#*}
2. i-ta# [...] NI x x x x
3. u3 [...]
4. _sag_ [...] PA [...]
5. _ki_ geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ inim-{d}utu
6. {disz}mu#-na-wi-ir-tum
7. _dumu-munus_ bur#*-{d}nin*-gal*
8. i-na _har ku3-babbar in-szi-sa10#_
9. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
10. 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-la2_
11. _sza3-ga-a-ni al-du10_
12. _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_
13. _[inim] nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
14. _[mu]_ {d}utu# {d}a-a
15. [...] {d}amar-utu [...]
reverse
1. u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
  single ruling
  blank space
2. _igi_ dingir-pi4-{d}a-a
3. _igi_ e-tel-pi4-{d}na-bi-um
4. _igi_ s,il2-li2-{d}gu-la
5. _igi_ sin-ba-ni*
6. _igi_ bur-nu-nu
7. _igi_ e2-idim-an-na-ma-an-szum2
8. _igi_ sin-ma-gir
9. _igi_ na-ru-ub-tum
10. _igi_ na-ki-mu-um _dumu_ ma-ni-um#
11. _igi_ be-el-ta-ni
12. _dumu-munus_ na-ra-am-sin
13. [_igi_ na]-ra*-am*-ta*-ni*
14. [_dumu-munus*_] szu-{d}nin-szubur
15. _igi#_ geme2-{d}utu
16. _dumu-munus_ bur-sin
17. _igi_ {d}utu-ra-bi
left
column 1
1. _igi_ szu-mi-ir-s,i2-tim
2. [_igi_] lu-ud-lul-sin
3. [...] x x _dub-sar_
column 2
1. _igi_ la-ma-si2 x x x
2. _mu_ {iri}ra-pi2-qum{ki}
  (* Woestenburg AfO 44/45 collations)

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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 (Field sale)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 161

    [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.

  • collation: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 352 (coll.)

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 080428
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0567

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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
2018-09-01 at 12:28:09 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-07-30 at 12:21:12 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, 161 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481418.
MHET 2/2, 161 artifact entry (No. P481418). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481418 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 161 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481418 (Accessed: December 7, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481418},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481418},
}


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