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 078255 & BM 078255aProvenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
-Measurements
-Annotation unreviewed
| Genre(s) | Legal |
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| Language(s) |
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Hammurapi.01.01.21 |
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| CDLI number | P370433 |
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| Permalink | https://cdli.network/entity/P370433 |
| 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 078255 & BM 078255a |
| Accession Number | 1888-05-12 Bu, 0110 + 1888-05-12 Bu, 0110a |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.78255 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1888-0512-Bu-110 |
primary: CT 8, 8c
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-10-28 at 09:46:40 | 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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| 2023-03-14 at 13:27:41 | 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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| 2007-08-01 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2025CT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
year = {2025},
month = {oct 28},
title = {CT 08, pl. 08, {Bu} 1888-05-12, 110 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P370433},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P370433},
}
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