Legal 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 056730Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
EnvelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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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 | P367903 |
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| Permalink | https://cdli.network/entity/P367903 |
| Provenience | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain] |
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| Findspot | |
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 056730 |
| Accession Number | 1882-07-14, 1138 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.56730 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1882-0714-1138 |
primary: CT 57, 764
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-09-03 at 08:34:29 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | 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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| 2021-07-09 at 06:28:24 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | 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 2026-04-13]},
year = {2025},
month = {sep 3},
title = {CT 57, 0764 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P367903},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P367903},
}
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