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BM 097766 (P524465)

Legal tablet 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

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 097766

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) me-at _u8 udu hi-a_
2. _dumu-munus lugal_
3. _sza3?/a?-gar3? bi-ni-la#-ni-ia
reverse
1. _na-gada_ ku-bu-bu-um
blank space
2. _iti udru{duru5} u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam_
3. _mu us2-sa bad3_ zimbir{ki}
seal 1
(uninscribed)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 097766
Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0820

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.24.11.24
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2021-09-04 at 14:31:30	Woestenburg, Els	Transliteration	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	Approved
2021-09-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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British Museum Collection (W_1902-1011-820) (W_1902-1011-820)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 097766 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524465.

BM 097766 artifact entry (No. P524465). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524465 (Original work published 2021)

BM 097766 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524465 (Accessed: January 25, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097766 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524465},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524465},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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M1  - 2026/1/25/
TI  - BM 097766 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524465
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 097766 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524465.

BM 097766 artifact entry (No. P524465). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524465 (Original work published 2021)

BM 097766 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524465 (Accessed: January 25, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097766 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524465},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524465},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P524465
LB  - CDLI:P524465
M1  - 2026/1/25/
TI  - BM 097766 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524465
ER  -