MHET 2/5, 708 (P510085)

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 080564

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] _kankal# a-gar3#_ [...]
2'. [i-ta] _a#-sza3# dumu-munus_ {d}utu-a-x x [...]
3'. u3# i-ta _a-sza3_ lu2 x x
4'. _sag#-bi 1(disz)-kam a-sza3_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
5'. _dumu_ asz-ku-du-um
6'. [_a]-sza3#_ i-na-sza3-er-sze-et _lukur {d}utu_
7'. _dumu-munus_ {d}ak-an-da-di
8'. [_ki_] i-na-sza3-er-sze-et _lukur {d}utu_
9'. be-el-ti _a-sza3_
10'. {disz}szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi
11'. _dumu_ li-ip-ti-{d}iszkur
12'. _a-sza3_ a-na te-ep-ti-tim
13'. a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam_
14'. [u2]-sze-s,i2?
  MHET reads: -s,i
15'. _u4#-buru14-sze3#_
reverse
1. [...] _sze# gur# {gesz}[ban2 {d}utu_]
2. [i-na ...] _ga2-gi4-a{ki}_ [i-ma-ad-da]-du-ma
3. [...] x sza3 x x [i-ma-ad-da]-du-ma
4. [i-na] sza-lu-us-tim sza-[at-tim]
5. a-na [_gu2]-un#_ i-ru-ub-bi
6. _igi_ {d}utu#-szu-mu-<un>-dib _di-ku5 dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni
7. _igi_ e-t,i-rum _dumu_ a-wi-li-ia
8. _igi_ e-t,i-rum _dumu_ e2-sag-il2-ma-an-szum2
9. _igi_ dingir-szu-ib-ni _dumu_ be-li2-ia-tum
  single ruling
seal 1
1. [{d}utu-szu-mu]-un-[dib]
2. _dumu#_ dingir-szu#-ib#-ni
3. [...]
seal 2
1. dingir-szu-[...]

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
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  • primary: MHET 2/5, 708

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 080564
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0702

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
2022-07-20 at 15:26:07 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, 708 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510085.
MHET 2/5, 708 artifact entry (No. P510085). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510085 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 708 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510085 (Accessed: May 2, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510085},
}

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