MHET 2/2, 248 (P481505)

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 016892

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)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(bur3) 3(esze3) _iku a-sza3 sza3-ba_ x x x x x x
2. 1(esze3) _iku a-sza3 a-gar3 murub4#_
3. _e2 gibil us2-sa-du_ sze-le-bu#-[um]
4. _sza3_ hal-hal-la{ki}
5. 4(disz) _sar e2 du3-a_
6. i-na _abul_ {d}a-a-ka-la-tim
7. 1(disz) _sag-nita2_ {d}marduk-a-bi-i3-li2
8. 1(disz) _sag-nita2_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu
9. 1(disz) _sag-nita2_ i3-li2-ha-s,i2-ri
10. 1(disz) sag-geme2_ szi-ik-ba-sa-al
11. 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ u3 szu-si _sag-geme2_
12. 4(disz) _gu4-hi-a_ lu-ul-li-id
13. 6(disz)# _ab2-hi-a_
14. 1(disz) _ab2 gu hal_
reverse
1. sza {d}suen-ta-ia-ar
2. a-na ri-isz-{d}utu a-hi-szu
3. ki-ma zi-tim id-di-nu-szum
4. a#-na _lal2 e2-gal_ sza x x x x [...]
5. {disz}ri-isz-{d}utu u2-ul _a#-sza3#_ ba? x
6. _igi_ {d}za-ba4-ba4-na-s,ir _ugula-e2_
7. _igi_ a-hi-ma-ra-as,! _ugula-e2_
8. _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir#! _ugula-e2_
9. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu#-sza#-lim# _ugula-e2_
10. _igi_ szu-i3-li2#-szu# x x x
11. _igi_ sza/ta x [...]
12. _igi_ bur-{d}iszkur#
13. _igi_ x x [... e2]-idim-an-na-[ma-an-szum2]
14. _iti# _szu-numun#-[a ... u4 n(disz)-kam]_
15. _mu ma-da gu2 {i7}idigna#_

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)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 248

    [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. 376-377

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 016892
  • Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0008

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
2022-06-06 at 20:11:17 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-08-24 at 18:05:52 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-28 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 248 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481505.
MHET 2/2, 248 artifact entry (No. P481505). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481505 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 248 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481505 (Accessed: December 5, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481505},
}

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