MHET 2/2, 311 (P481580)

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 082157

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Rent of a rugbum)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. _e2_ ru-ug-bu-um
2. sza geme2-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu_
3. _dumu-munus_ ma-szum#
4. _ki_ geme2-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu_
5. _dumu-munus_ ma-szum
6. {disz}a-bi-rum
7. _dumu_ u-bar-rum
8. a-na 1(disz) _mu-kam_-szu
9. i-gu-ur
  seal impression
reverse
1. ki-is,-s,i2*-ir 1(disz) _mu-kam_-szu
2. 2/3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
3. _i3-ag2-e_
  single ruling
4. _iti ab-e3-a u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
5. i-ru-ub
6. _igi_ e#-re-is-sa3
7. _dumu-munus_ {d}sag*-il2*-ma-an-szum2
8. _mu zimbir{ki}_
left
  (uninscribed seal impression)
1. ha-bi*-rum* ($ between figures $)
right
  traces of seal impression
seal 1
1. [ha*-bi*-rum*]
2. _dumu*_ u*-bar#*-rum*
3. _ARAD#*_ {d}[...]
  (* collations of Woestenburg, AfO 44/45, 353)

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Rent of a rugbum)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/2, 311

    [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.

  • collation: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 353 (coll.)

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 082157
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2279

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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 04:42:32 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-17 at 12:06:45 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-09-14 at 14:09:57 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) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/2, 311 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481580.
MHET 2/2, 311 artifact entry (No. P481580). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481580 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 311 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481580 (Accessed: December 7, 2024).
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