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BM 079744 (P595211)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 079744

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

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Museum No.: BM 079744
Accession No.: 1889-10-14, 0293

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Xerxes.01.04.23
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-25 at 20:23:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-19 at 17:28:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-06 at 14:14:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-29 at 11:11:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 079744 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 25, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P595211.

BM 079744 artifact entry (No. P595211). (2026, January 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P595211 (Original work published 2025)

BM 079744 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P595211 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 25},
	title = {BM 079744 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P595211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P595211},
}

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TI  - BM 079744 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 079744 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 25, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P595211.

BM 079744 artifact entry (No. P595211). (2026, January 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P595211 (Original work published 2025)

BM 079744 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P595211 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2026BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 25},
	title = {BM 079744 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P595211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P595211},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/25/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P595211
LB  - CDLI:P595211
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - BM 079744 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P595211
ER  -