MHET 2/2, 285 (P481546)

Legal tablet & envelope 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 082188 & BM 082189

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Field lease)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(iku) _iku a-sza3#_ i-na sza hu#-ba{[ki]}
2. _ki_ erisz-ti_ {d}a-a#
3. _dumu-munus_ na-bi-i3-li2#-szu
4. {disz}er3-ra-ga-mil
5. _dumu_ a-di-an-ni-a
6. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim#
7. a-na sza-lu-usz-tim#
reverse
1. u2-sze-s,i2
2. _u4 buru14-sze3#
3. sza-lu-usz-tam#
4. i-na ga-gi-im x x
5. 3(disz) i-si-ni _1(ban2) zi3-da#?
6. u3 mi-sze-er-tam i-pa#-qi2#-si2#
7. _igi_ me-sza-ru-um-na-[s,i-ir]
8. _dumu_ dumu-{d}utu
9. _igi_ {d}utu-tab-ba-szu#
10. _dumu_ {d}utu-x [...]
left
1. _mu e2-mes-lam sag_
2. _igi_ x
envelope
obverse
1. _dub_ 4(iku) _iku a-sza3#_ i-na sza [hu]-ba{ki}
2. _ki#_ erisz-ti_ {d}a-a [...]
3. _dumu-munus_ na-bi-i3-[li2-szu]
4. {disz}er3-ra-ga-mil#
5. _dumu_ a-di-an-ni-a
6. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re#-szu-tim#
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [3(disz) i-si-ni _1(ban2)] zi3-da-ta-a_
3'. u3 mi-sze-er-tam
4'. i-pa-qi2-id-si2#
5'. _igi_ mi#-sza-ru-um-na-s,i-[ir]
6'. _dumu_ dumu-{d}utu
7'. _igi_ {d}nanna-na-s,i-ir
8'. _dumu_ sza-lu-rum
9'. _igi_ il-ta-ni
10'. _dumu-munus_ ri#-isz-{d}utu

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Field lease)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 285

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 082188 & BM 082189
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2304 & 1891-05-09 Bu, 2304A

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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 04:42:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-01 at 12:03:49 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2015-08-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 285 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481546.
MHET 2/2, 285 artifact entry (No. P481546). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481546 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 285 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481546 (Accessed: December 7, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481546},
}

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