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
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 017579Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | --.--.--.-- |
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| CDLI number | P512303 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P512303 |
frag of case attached
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain] |
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 017579 |
| Accession Number | 1894-01-15, 0293 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1894-0115-293 |
primary: Suurmeijer diss., App. BM 17579
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-03-02 at 12:05:50 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other 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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| 2021-07-14 at 20:35:34 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Transliteration | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2018-08-24 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2025Suurmeijer,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
year = {2025},
month = {mar 2},
title = {Suurmeijer diss. {BM} 017579 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P512303},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512303},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2025/3/2/ PY - 2025 ID - P512303 LB - CDLI:P512303 M1 - 2026/10/24/ TI - Suurmeijer diss. BM 017579 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P512303 ER -