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ZA 073, 056 (P258015)

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

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00565

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (15x3x15 lines)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (15x3x15 lines)
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  • primary: ZA 073 (pp. 48-66), 056

    [Wilcke1983ZA73] Wilcke, Claus. 1983. “Nachlese Zu A. Poebels Babylonian Legal and Business Documents From the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon Chiefly From Nippur (BE 6/2) Teil 1.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 73: 48–66.

  • history: BE 6/2, 82

    [Poebel1909BE6/2] Poebel, Arno. 1909. Babylonian Legal and Business Documents from the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon, Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts 6/2. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 00565
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 16:39:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“ZA 073, 056 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258015.
ZA 073, 056 artifact entry (No. P258015). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258015 (Original work published 2005)
ZA 073, 056 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258015 (Accessed: April 25, 2025).
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	month = {jul 16},
	title = {ZA 073, 056 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258015},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258015},
}


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