Letter tablet & envelope excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 115205Provenience
Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Period | Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) |
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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 027156 (composite) (P606292) | S027156 | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) | Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) |
| CDLI number | P358969 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P358969 |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Dimensions | |
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 115205 |
| Accession Number | 1921-07-09, 0165 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.115205 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1921-0709-165 |
primary: CCT 6, 31d
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2026-08-22 at 16:02:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2026-08-19 at 09:12:56 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-06-20 at 06:20:41 | Jagersma, Bram | Artifact metadata | Jagersma, Bram | Jagersma, Bram | Approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2007-02-09 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2026CCT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-04]},
year = {2026},
month = {aug 22},
title = {CCT 6, 31, {BM} 115205a+ artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P358969},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P358969},
}
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