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
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 016933Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
-Measurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Legal |
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| Language(s) |
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | --.--.--.-- |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | S999999 | - | - |
| CDLI number | P509965 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P509965 |
| Provenience | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
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| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | |
| Findspot | |
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| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 016933 |
| Accession Number | 1892-07-09, 0049 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1892-0709-49 |
primary: MHET 2/5, 587
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-03-02 at 15:27:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2022-06-23 at 18:04:33 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Transliteration | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2018-05-30 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2025MHET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
year = {2025},
month = {mar 2},
title = {MHET 2/5, 587 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P509965},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509965},
}
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