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 British Museum, London, UK
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 082458 & BM 082459Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s) Annotation unreviewed
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Hammurapi.02.04.20 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | S999999 | - | - |
| CDLI number | P366245 |
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| Permalink | https://cdli.network/entity/P366245 |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 082458 & BM 082459 |
| Accession Number | 1891-05-09 Bu, 2491 & 1891-05-09 Bu, 2491A |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.82458 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1891-0509-2491 |
primary: CT 48, 49
Marriage agreement with unusual phraseology, stipulating support of mother-in-law by daughter-in-law.
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-11-04 at 13:19:41 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-03-13 at 16:20:46 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | Jagersma, Bram | Approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2007-03-09 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2025CT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
year = {2025},
month = {nov 4},
title = {CT 48, 049 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P366245},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P366245},
}
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