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OLA 233, 022 (P550583)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 064245 + BM 074544

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: OLA 233, 022

[Waerzeggers2014OLA233] Waerzeggers, Caroline. 2014. Marduk-Rēmanni: Local Networks and Imperial Politics in Achaemenid Babylonia. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 233. Leuven: Peeters.
history: AOAT 398, O.228

[Sandowicz2012AOAT398] Sandowicz, Malgorzata. 2012. Oaths and Curses: A Study in Neo- and Late Babylonian Legal Formulary. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament 398. Ugarit-Verlag, Munster.

Museum no. given as 64254 (rather than 64245)

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 064245 + BM 074544
Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 04220 + 1882-09-18 AH, 0267

Provenience

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

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius1.02.07.25
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-31 at 17:35:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-21 at 16:03:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-08 at 10:02:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-27 at 19:13:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-28 at 12:28:21	Alstola, Tero	Artifact metadata	Alstola, Tero	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-10-23 at 08:36:26	Alstola, Tero	Artifact metadata	Alstola, Tero; Ong, Matthew	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“OLA 233, 022 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 31, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550583.

OLA 233, 022 artifact entry (No. P550583). (2025, December 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550583 (Original work published 2024)

OLA 233, 022 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550583 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 31},
	title = {OLA 233, 022 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550583},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550583},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“OLA 233, 022 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 31, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550583.

OLA 233, 022 artifact entry (No. P550583). (2025, December 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550583 (Original work published 2024)

OLA 233, 022 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550583 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

@misc{2025OLA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 31},
	title = {OLA 233, 022 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550583},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550583},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/31/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P550583
LB  - CDLI:P550583
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - OLA 233, 022 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550583
ER  -