OLA 233, no. 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

Cite

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

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.02.07.25
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P550583
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P550583

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 064245 + BM 074544
Accession Number	1882-09-18, 04220 + 1882-09-18 AH, 0267

References

primary: OLA 233, no. 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)
citation: PIHANS 80, 487

[Bongenaar1997PIHANS80] Bongenaar, A.C.V.M. 1997. The Neo-Babylonian Ebabbar Temple at Sippar : Its Administration and Its Prosopography. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut Te İstanbul 80. İstanbul : Nederlands Historisch-Archeologisch Instituut te İstanbul.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-22 at 15:02:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-03-05 at 14:09:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-27 at 19:30:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
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

Cite this Artifacts

“OLA 233, No. 022 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 22, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P550583.

OLA 233, no. 022 artifact entry (No. P550583). (2026, March 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550583 (Original work published 2024)

OLA 233, no. 022 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550583 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550583},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“OLA 233, No. 022 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 22, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P550583.

OLA 233, no. 022 artifact entry (No. P550583). (2026, March 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550583 (Original work published 2024)

OLA 233, no. 022 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550583 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 22},
	title = {OLA 233, no. 022 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550583},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550583},
}

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