MHET 2/3, 460 (P509840)

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 017398

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x _sar# a#-sza3#_
2'. x [...] _a-sza3_ an-pi2-{d}utu#
  single ruling
3'. _2(esze3) GAN2 1(u) sar a-sza3_ [...]
4'. _1/3(disz) sar 1(disz) gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 e2_ zimbir#{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum
5'. _da e2_ dingir-pi2-{d}utu
6'. _1(u) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 e2_ zimbir{ki}-am-na-nu-um
7'. _da e2_ dingir-pi2-{d}utu
8'. _2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 e2_ ip2-la-hi-i{ki}
9'. _da e2_ dingir-pi2-{d}utu
10'. _1(disz) sag-ARAD_ u2-qa2-a-dingir-lum
11'. _[1(disz)] sag-ARAD_ szu-zu-ub-{d}utu ra#-[...]
12'. _1(disz)#? gu4 1(u) 1(disz) u8-udu-hi-a_
13'. _1(disz) {gesz}x AB? 1(disz) i3-dub_
14'. _1(disz) {gesz}erin2 {gesz}banszur 1(ban2)_
reverse
1. 1(disz) sza _iri_ sza _zabar_
2. wa-tar-tum sza i-li-a-am sza bi-ri-szu-nu-ma
3. mi-im-ma an-ni-im
4. _ha-la_ ARAD-{d}suen sza it#-ti# {d}suen#-be-el-ap-lim
5. {disz}akszak{ki}-i-din-nam {disz}lu#-usz#-ta#-mar#-{d}suen#
6. {disz}puzur4-{d}utu {disz}an-pi2-{d}utu
7. {disz}ta-ri-bu-sza ah-[hi]-szu
8. u3 dumu-ir-[s,i-tum] x x i-zu-zu
9. zi#-zu# [...] x [...] x x x um
10. [... a-hu]-um a-na a-hi-im# u2-ul i-ra-gu-um
11. [mu ...] {d}marduk u3 sa#-am#-su2#-i#-lu#-[na ...]
  rest broken

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/3, 460

    [Dekiere1995MHET2/3] Dekiere, Luc. 1995. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 3: Documents from the Reign of Samsu-Iluna. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 413

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017398
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0112

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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2019-10-20 at 10:52:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-03-21 at 07:52:46 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/3, 460 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509840.
MHET 2/3, 460 artifact entry (No. P509840). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509840 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/3, 460 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509840 (Accessed: December 6, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P509840},
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