MHET 2/2, 171 (P481428)

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 017504

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Bequest)

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(esze3) _iku a-sza3_ i-na eb-le-e
2. i-ta _a-sza3_ {d}utu-dingir _dumu_ ti-qi2-tum
3. u3 i-ta i3-li2-s,i2-lu-li
4. 2/3(disz) _sar e2_ i-na ga-gi-im{ki}
5. i-ta _e2_ ti-ha-tum _dumu-munus_ dingir-ba-ni
6. u3 i-ta _e2_ ha-za-la-tum _dumu-munus_ {d}utu-u2-s,i-a-am
7. _ha-la_ be-el-ta-ni _lukur {d}utu_ sza a-bu-szu ip-qu2-sza
8. i-di-nu-szi-im
  erased BI sign between SZI and IM
  single ruling
9. [...] puzur4#-ha-am-mi-ia
10. [a]-hu#-sza
reverse
1. i-na _mu 1(disz)-kam <1(ban2)> zi3-da_
2. _3(disz) uzu 6(disz) sila3 i3-gesz_
3. i-pa-qi2-si2
4. _igi_ ru#-ba-tum _dumu-munus_ na-bi-{d}utu
5. _igi_ a-bi-sa-mas _dumu_ sza-ma-ia
6. _igi_ {d}utu-sze-me _dumu_ na-bi-{d}utu
7. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ a-wa-ti-ia
8. _igi_ na-ki-mu-um _dumu_ ma-ni-um
9. _igi_ pu-zu-rum _dumu_ ip-qu2-sza
10. _igi_ la-ma-si2 _dumu-munus_ na-ka-rum
11. _igi_ il-ta-ni _dumu-munus_ sin-re-me-ni
12. _igi_ il-ta-ni _dumu-munus_ sin-ub-lam
13. _igi_ i-bi-tu-tu-ub _dub-sar_
14. _mu gu-za {d}inanna babila2{ki}_

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 (Bequest)
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  • primary: MHET 2/2, 171

    [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. 367

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 017504
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0218

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
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-07-26 at 12:42:14 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 171 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481428.
MHET 2/2, 171 artifact entry (No. P481428). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481428 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 171 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481428 (Accessed: December 14, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481428},
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