BBS 033 (P472677)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 057943

Period

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

70.0 mm × 108.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P472677
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P472677

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	70.0 mm × 108.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Stone
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 057943
Accession Number	1882-07-14, 2352

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.57943
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0714-2352

References

primary: BBS, 033

[King1912BBS] King, Leonard W. 1912. Babylonian Boundary Stones and Memorial Tablets in the British Museum. British Museum, London.
history: AOAT 51, U 35

[Paulus2014-KANS4LCZ] Paulus, Susanne. 2014. Die Babylonischen Kudurru-Inschriften von Der Kassitischen Bis Zur Frühneubabylonischen Zeit. Untersucht Unter Besonderer Berücksichtigung Gesellschafts- Und Rechtshistorischer Fragestellungen. Vol. 51. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament (AOAT). Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-01-13 at 11:34:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-25 at 15:47:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2014-12-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard; Woods, Christopher		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BBS 033 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P472677.

BBS 033 artifact entry (No. P472677). (2025, January 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472677 (Original work published 2014)

BBS 033 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472677 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 13},
	title = {BBS 033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P472677},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P472677},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BBS 033 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P472677.

BBS 033 artifact entry (No. P472677). (2025, January 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472677 (Original work published 2014)

BBS 033 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472677 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

@misc{2025BBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 13},
	title = {BBS 033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P472677},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P472677},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/1/13/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P472677
LB  - CDLI:P472677
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BBS 033 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P472677
ER  -