MHET 2/2, 315 (P481584)

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 016778

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Inheritance)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. _da#_ [...]
2'. u3 [_da_ ...]
3'. 2(disz) _sar e2 ki-gal2_
4'. _da e2_ ar-wi-um
5'. u3 _da e2_ ARAD-{d}suen _szesz-a-ni_
6'. ba-ma#-at me-er-szi-im ma-la ma-s,u2-u2
  erased sign between -at and me-
7'. _da#_ ARAD-{d}suen u3 _da_ a-pil2-dingir
8'. _ha#-la_ lu2-{d}nanna _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
9'. {disz}lu2-{d}nanna# u3 ARAD-{d}suen
10'. _dumu-mesz_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
11'. zi-zu-u2 li-ib-ba-szu-nu# [...]
12'. u2-ul i-ta-ru-ma
13'. a-hu-um a-na a-hi-im
14'. u2-ul i-ra-ga-am
15'. ra-gi-im i-ra-ga-mu
16'. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}amar-utu
17'. u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _in-pa3-de3_
  single ruling
reverse
1. _igi_ na-ra-am-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}iszkur
2. _igi_ dingir-ni-u2-ul-i-di _dumu_ {d}utu-na-s,ir
3. _igi_ sza-x-[...] x _dumu_ na-bi-{d}utu _dumu-me_ {d}nanna-tum
4. _igi_ dingir-x-illat-su2 _dumu_ i-[...]-{d}utu
5. _igi_ i-x-x-a-bi-ri _sza3-tam_
6. _igi_ a-x-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu#
7. _igi_ nu-ur2-{d}utu _dumu_ la-sza-x-ad-ka-la-ma
8. _igi_ na-ra-am-i3-li2-szu x x {d}en#?-ki-ka
9. _igi_ ha-nu-tum _dumu#_ [...]-x-am
10. [_igi_] {d}suen-[... _dumu_ dingir]-pi4#-{d}suen
11. _igi_ ba/ma-[...]-szu#-nu u3# ib-ni-{d}iszkur
12. x [...]-ku?-di-im
13. _igi_ [...] a#-hi#?-{d}iszkur _dumu_ ku-ur-[...]
14. [_igi_ ...]-s,i/ad? mu# [...]
  rest broken

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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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  • Genre(s): Legal (Inheritance)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 315

    [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. 386

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 016778
  • Accession No.: 1892-05-16, 0314

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
2019-06-29 at 04:42:32 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-09-17 at 12:06:43 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-09-14 at 14:09:58 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, 315 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481584.
MHET 2/2, 315 artifact entry (No. P481584). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481584 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 315 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481584 (Accessed: December 12, 2024).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 315 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481584},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481584},
}


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