MHET 2/2, 286 (P481547)

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 082285 & BM 082286

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 (Rent of a house)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [... u2]-sze-s,i2
reverse
1. ki#-is,-ri _e2_
2. n _gin2 ku3-babbar i3-la2-e_
3. _iti# udru{duru5} u4 1(disz)-kam_
4. i-ru-ub
5. _igi_ {d}utu {d}a-a
6. _igi_ geme2-{d}ma-mu
7. _mu e2-mes-lam_
envelope
1. _e2_ geme2-{d}utu
2. _ki_ geme2-{d}utu
3. {disz}a-qa3-rum
4. _dumu_ u-bar-rum
5. _e2#_ a-na ki-is,-ri
6. [a-na] _mu# 1(disz)#-kam#_ u2-sze-s,i2
  rest broken
right
  seal impression
seal 1
1. [...]-{d}mar-tu
2. [...] dingir
seal 2
1. x [...]
2. dingir [...]

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 (Rent of a house)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 286

    [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 082285 & BM 082286
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2381 & 1891-05-09 Bu, 2381A

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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 286 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481547.
MHET 2/2, 286 artifact entry (No. P481547). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481547 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 286 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481547 (Accessed: December 7, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481547},
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