MHET 2/2, 250 (P481507)

Business / Contracts 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 016765

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Adoption contract)

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tablet
obverse
1. _ibila_ ma-na-a _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-re-me-ni
2. {disz}ni-szi-ni-szu _dumu-munus_ im-gur-{d}suen
3. re-di-it wa-ar-ka-ti-sza
4. 1(esze3) _iku a-sza3 a-gar3_ za-am-lu _mu-zu_
5. _us2-sa-du a-sza3_ {d}suen-re-me-ni
6. u3 _us2-sa-du_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _szesz-a-ni_
7. mi-im-ma an-ni-im
8. {disz}ma-na-a _dumu-munus_ sin-re-me-ni
9. a-na ni-szi-ni-szu _dumu-munus_ im-gur-{d}suen
10. id-di-in
11. _u4-kur2-sze3_ ma-am-ma-an u2-ul i-ra#-ga-am#
12. a-pil2-sza im-gur-sin a-bu-sa
reverse
1. ma-la li-bi-sza u2-ul i-ma-s,i2-ma
2. _a-sza3_-sza a-na ir-ri-esz li-bi-sza
3. u2-ul i-na-ad-di-in
4. a-bu-sza i-ri-isz-ma
5. _gu2#-un# a-sza3_ i-na-di-isz-szi-im
6. _mu#_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}amar-utu u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
7. [_igi_] dingir-pi4-{d}a-a _sanga {d}utu_
8. _igi_ sin-ba-ni _sanga {d}utu_
9. _igi_ sin-ba-ni _igi_ bur-nu-nu _[ugula] lukur {d}utu-mesz_
10. _igi_ e-la-li _igi_ ARAD-[...]
11. _igi_ sin-szesz-i-din-nam _i3-du8#_ sza ga-gi-im
12. _igi_ erisz-ti-{d}a-a _dumu-munus_ sin-ta-ia-ar
13. _igi_ _dumu-munus_ szu-i3-li2-szu
14. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(disz)-kam_
15. _mu i7_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 nu-husz-ni-szi
left
1. _igi_ da-mi-iq-tum
2. _dumu-munus_ mu-sza-nu-da

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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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  • primary: MHET 2/2, 250

    [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. 378-379

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 016765
  • Accession No.: 1892-05-16, 0301

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 13:32:21 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
2021-10-07 at 20:32:45 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 18:05:53 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, 250 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481507.
MHET 2/2, 250 artifact entry (No. P481507). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481507 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 250 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481507 (Accessed: December 14, 2024).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 250 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481507},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481507},
}


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