MHET 2/6, 889 (P510264)

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 097187

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)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2_ pi2-i pa-a-szi-im
2. _da# e2 dumu-mesz_ dingir-szu-i-bi _ugula a-gar3_
3. [u3] _da e2 dumu-mesz_ dingir-szu-i-bi-ma
4. _sag#-bi sila dagal_ {d}lugal-gu2-du8-a{ki}
5. _egir#-bi e2_ si-bi-bu-um
6. _1(disz) {na4}ur5 zi3-gu 1(disz) {na4}ur5 dabin_
7. _1(disz) {gesz}na2 2(disz) {gesz}gu-za_
8. mi-im-ma an-ni-i-im
9. sza si-bi-bu-um a-bu-sza
10. a-na el-me-esz-tum _lukur_ {d}marduk
11. ma-ar-ti-szu id-di-nu
12. ARAD-sa3 a-pil-sza
13. ah-hu-sza#
14. u2-ul i-ra#-ag-mu-szi-im
reverse
1. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
2. u3 a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal_ it-mu-u2
3. _igi_ an-pi4-sza _gudu4-abzu_
4. _dumu_ ma#-ru-szu-nu
5. _igi#_ [...]-tum# _dumu_ ARAD-e#-la-li
6. _igi_ [...]-ma? _dumu_ {d}suen-ga-mil
7. _igi_ pir-i-i3-li2-szu
8. _dumu_ szu-up-szu-uq-a-li
9. _igi_ sig-{d}a-a-kal-la-tim _dumu#_ qur#-ru-du
10. _igi#_ {d}utu-ba-ni _dumu_ dingir-ha-bil
11. _igi#_ gi-mil-lum _dub-sar_
  single ruling
12. _iti apin-du8-a u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_
13. _mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e usu sza3-asz-gub {d}marduk-ka erin2 kalam esz3-nun-na{ki} ki-in-gub ta-szi-il{ki}-ka-ta me3-a nam-dugud-ba in-ne-szub-ba!_
  Dekiere saw a damaged -NE at the very end, not the expected -ba
seal 1
1. ma-ru-szu-nu
2. _gudu4 abzu_
3. _dumu_ ARAD-{d}utu
4. ARAD {d}nin-pirig
seal 2
1. ARAD-e-la-[li]
2. _dumu_ {d}suen-ma?-[...]
seal 3
1. x-dingir [...]
2. _dumu_ a-[...]
3. ARAD [...]
seal 4
  (uninscribed)
1. si-bi-bu-um
seal 5
  (uninscribed)
1. sig-{d}a-a
seal 6
  (uninscribed)
1. {d}utu-ba-ni

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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  • primary: MHET 2/6, 889

    [Dekiere1997MHET2/6] Dekiere, Luc. 1997. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 6: Documents from the Series 1902-10-11. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 440-441

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 097187
  • Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0241

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2018-08-12 at 10:40:36 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2018-08-12 at 10:37:32 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MHET 2/6, 889 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510264.
MHET 2/6, 889 artifact entry (No. P510264). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510264 (Original work published 2018)
MHET 2/6, 889 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510264 (Accessed: December 7, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MHET 2/6, 889 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510264},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510264},
}


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