MHET 2/5, 821 (P510198)

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 082401

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)

-

Measurements

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tablet
  (still in the envelope)
1'. [...]
2'. [...] x ab? a-bi
3'. [...] x ia? szu? tim#
envelope
obverse
1. _5/6(disz) sar_ [...]
2. _da e2_ akszak#[{ki} ...]
3. u3 _da_ mu-s,e#-e# [...] x da# [...]
4. _sag 1(disz)-kam e2_ [...] x x [...]
5. _sag 2(disz)-kam sila#_ [...] x
6. _ki_ a-ha-am-ar-[szi ...] x x x
7. {disz}KA?-[...]
8. {disz}ra-x-[...]
9. {disz}a-pil-i3#-[li2 ...]
10. {disz}{d}utu-x-[...]
11. x x [...]
12. a#-na# qa2-[be2-e ...]
13. {disz}x x [...]
14. u3 x [...]
15. {disz}szu-[...]
16. _dumu#_ [...]
17. _in-[szi-in-sa10_]
18. _sa10 [til-la-bi-sze3_]
19. a-hu-[...]
reverse
1. [_gesz]-gan#-na ib2-ta-bala#_
2. [_inim]-bi# al-[til_]
3. _sza3#-[ga]-ni_-szu _al-du10_
4. _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_
5. _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
6. _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk {disz}ha-am-[mu]-ra-pi2 [...]
7. u3 _iri zimbir{ki}_ it-mu-u2
8. _igi_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am
9. _dumu_ ri-isz-er3-ra
10. _igi_ {d}suen-sza-du-ni
11. _dumu_ ARAD-{d}mar-tu
12. _igi_ {d}utu-[we]-di-ma
13. _dumu_ {d}utu-sze-mi
14. _igi_ a-ha-am-ar-szi
15. _dumu_ mi-in-nu-um-[...]
16. _igi_ ib-ba-al-[...]
17. _igi_ ma?-ru-tum [...]
  MHET: or ku?-
18. _igi_ szu-ba-dingir-[dingir]
19. _mu gu2 i7_ [szu-mu-un-dar]
seal 1
  reading with Woestenburg, AfO 44/45, 358
1. [{d}suen]-kur-ni
2. [_dumu_ ARAD]-{d}mar-tu
3. [_sanga_] {d}i-ku-nu-um#
seal 2
1. [...]
2. _dumu#? {d}suen-[...]
3. _ARAD_ {d}utu {d}a-[a]
seal 3
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib_ a-ha-am-ar-[szi]

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
  • Language(s):


  • primary: MHET 2/5, 821

    [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. 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 082401
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2452A

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
2022-08-01 at 18:54:25 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, 821 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510198.
MHET 2/5, 821 artifact entry (No. P510198). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510198 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/5, 821 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510198 (Accessed: December 14, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510198},
}

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