Care of the Elderly 078-079 (P524960)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	Samsu-iluna.05.01.01
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P524960
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P524960

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 097544
Accession Number	1902-10-11, 0598

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1902-1011-598

References

primary: Care of the Elderly p.59-117, p. 78-79

[Stol1998elderly] Stol, Marten. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Old Babylonian Period.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 59–117. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2021-09-11 at 08:03:08	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2021-09-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Care of the Elderly 078-079 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524960.

Care of the Elderly 078-079 artifact entry (No. P524960). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524960 (Original work published 2021)

Care of the Elderly 078-079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524960 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Care of the Elderly 078-079 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524960.

Care of the Elderly 078-079 artifact entry (No. P524960). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524960 (Original work published 2021)

Care of the Elderly 078-079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524960 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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