Letter tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 012838Provenience
Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Letter (Letter from Hammurabi to Sin-iddinam)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
89.0 mm × 51.0 mm
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Hammurapi.00.00.00 |
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| CDLI number | P275091 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P275091 |
| Provenience | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) [uncertain] |
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British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 012838 |
| Accession Number | 1896-03-26, 0030 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1896-0326-30 |
primary: LIH, 016
history: AbB 2, 16
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-05-25 at 15:44:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2019-03-08 at 08:14:37 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2018-06-28 at 08:01:31 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2018-06-28 at 00:11:35 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2005-10-08 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI, CDLI | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024LIH,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-21]},
year = {2024},
month = {may 25},
title = {LIH 016 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P275091},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275091},
}
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