Law Collections 046-054 (P450181)

Legal prism dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 1287

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P450181
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P450181

Physical information

Artifact type	Prism
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	FLP 1287
Accession Number

References

primary: Law Collections, 046-054

[Roth1995LawCollections] Roth, Martha T. 1995. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. Vol. 6. Writings from the Ancient World. Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press.
history: Roth, Martha T., Scholastic Tradition and Mesopotamian Law: A Study of FLP 1287, a Prism in the Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia (Thesis-University of Pennsylvania, 1979) 358-360

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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2024-10-05 at 19:03:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2013-03-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jones, Jillian		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Law Collections 046-054 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P450181.

Law Collections 046-054 artifact entry (No. P450181). (2024, October 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P450181 (Original work published 2013)

Law Collections 046-054 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P450181 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Law Collections 046-054 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P450181.

Law Collections 046-054 artifact entry (No. P450181). (2024, October 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P450181 (Original work published 2013)

Law Collections 046-054 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P450181 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

@misc{2024Law,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 5},
	title = {Law {Collections} 046-054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P450181},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P450181},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P450181
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - Law Collections 046-054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P450181
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