MHET 2/5, 819 (P510196)

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 082380 & BM 082381

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. i-na [...]
2. sza ib-ni#-[...]
3. _ha-la-a-ni_ x [...]
4. a-bi-sza _dumu_ x [...]
5. _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ [...]
6. a-hi-sza-wa-aq-ru-um#
7. _dumu_ ia-an-ti-dingir
8. a-na nu-t,u2-up-tum na-di-tum sza {d}utu
9. ma-ar-ti-isz-szu
10. a-hi-sza-wa-aq-ru-um#
11. i-di-in
12. _szu-nigin2 x 1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_
  x = 3 horizontal wedges
reverse
1. _ha-la_ nu-t,u2-up-tum
2. a-pi2-il nu-t,u2-up-tum
3. sin-e-mu-qi2
4. _dumu_ la-sza-ti-im
5. sza u3? szi ri ku? szi i
6. an-nu-am i-di-si-im#
  Suurmeijer reads: sza U3/KA SZI RI KU/BA/ZU SZI I
7. an-ni-am i-di-szi-im#
8. _igi_ li-pi2-it#-[...]
9. _igi_ bur-[...]
10. _igi#_ [...]
  rest broken
envelope
  beginning broken
1'. [... _GAN2 a-sza3_] i#-na _a#-gar3_ bu#?-[...]
2'. _us2-sa-DU e_ szar-ri#-im#
3'. u3 _us2-sa-DU_ ar-a-ia-bi
4'. a-hi-sza#-[wa]-aq-ru-um _dumu_ ia-an#-[ti-dingir]
5'. a-na nu-t,u2-up-tu-um na-di-tu#-[um]
6'. sza {d}utu i-di-in# [...]
7'. _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ [...]
8'. _us2-sa-DU_ x [...]
9'. [...] x [...]
  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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: MHET 2/5, 819

    [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.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 428-429

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

  • collation: AfO 44/45, p. 356-360, p. 358 (coll.)

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 082380 & BM 082381
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2432 & 1891-05-09 Bu, 2432A

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
2021-10-22 at 19:00:09 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, 819 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510196.
MHET 2/5, 819 artifact entry (No. P510196). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510196 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 819 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510196 (Accessed: December 1, 2024).
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