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 Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 00367a & CBS 00367bProvenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Harper's Cat.: Case tablet of Ammi-satana"; 8X2X8 UE 3")Language(s)
-Measurements
-Has fragments Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Legal (Harper's Cat.: Case tablet of Ammi-satana"; 8X2X8 UE 3") |
|---|---|
| Language(s) |
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
|---|---|
| Dates Referenced | Hammurapi.35.11.24 |
| 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 | - | - |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation | Fragmented |
| Provenience | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain] |
|---|---|
| Written In | |
| Excavation Number | |
| Findspot | |
| Stratigraphic Level | |
| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
|---|---|
| Museum Number | CBS 00367a & CBS 00367b |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
|---|---|
| Penn Museum (Penn) | 453784 + 453786 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | CBS.367a |
primary: BE 6/1, 23
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô | Penn Museum | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2023BE,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
year = {2023},
month = {feb 1},
title = {BE 06/1, 023 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P257814},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257814},
}
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