MHET 2/5, 646 (P510023)

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 067287

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

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _4(iku) GAN2 1(gesz2) 1(u) sar _a#-sza3#_ x x x
2. i-na bi-ra-a-tum#
3. i-ta _a-sza3_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am
4. _ki_ geme2-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu_
5. _dumu-munus_ szu-{d}utu
6. {disz}si2-ia-tum _dumu_ na-bi#-{d}[utu]
7. u3 bur-{d}suen _dumu_ szu-{d}utu
8. a-na e-re-szu-tim
9. a#-na sza-lu-usz-ti-im u2-szi-s,i2#
10. sza#-lu-usz-ti _a-sza3_
11. i-na _e2 {d}utu_
12. _sze i3-ag2-e_
reverse
1. [_igi_ {d}]utu-ta-ia-ar*
2. [_igi_] li-bu-ra-am*
3. [...]-ma-tim
4. [...]-bu-um
5. [... {d}]a-a
6. [...]-nam
7. [...]-x
8. [...]-x-li-ia
9. _igi#_ be-le-tum# _dumu#-munus_ bu-ul-bu-x
10. _igi#_ ib-ba-tum
11. _dumu-munus_ x-{d}utu
12. _igi#_ be-le-[su2]-nu?
13. x x x
14. _igi_ na? x x [...] im?
envelope
  (adhering to the tablet)
obverse
1. _dub 4(iku)# [GAN2 1(gesz2) 1(u) sar _a-sza3_] x x x
2. sza a-[...]
3. i-na bi-ra-[a-tum]
4. i-ta {d}suen-i-[qi2-sza-am]
5. _ki_ geme2-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu_ [...]
6. {disz}si2-ia-tum [_dumu_ na-bi-{d}utu]
7. [u3 bur-{d}]suen# [...]
  rest broken
seal 1
  (Woestenburg, AfO 44/45, 357)
1. {d}utu-ta-ia-ar
2. _dumu_ a-na-qa2-ti-{d}utu-a-na-t,a2-al
3. [_ARAD_] e2#-[babbar]
seal 2
1. li-bu-ra-am#
2. _dumu_ hu-nu-bu-um
3. _ARAD_ e2-babbar

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MHET 2/5, 646

    [Dekiere1996MHET2/5] Dekiere, Luc. 1996. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 5: Documents without Date or with Date Lost. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • collation: AfO 44/45, p. 356-360, p. 357 (coll.)

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/5] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/5.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 356–60.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 067287
  • Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 07283

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2022-06-23 at 18:24:50 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. 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 2/5, 646 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510023.
MHET 2/5, 646 artifact entry (No. P510023). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510023 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 646 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510023 (Accessed: December 12, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MHET 2/5, 646 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510023},
}


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