MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar 152 (P555358)
Letter tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
Flat catalogue
As CSV As TSVExpanded catalogue
As JSONLinked catalogue
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XMLText / annotations
Text data
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 070373Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm):
- Weight:
- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description:
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
- Seal information:
-
Artifact comments:
uncertain
-
primary: MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar, 152
[MacGinnis1995LetterOrdersSippar] MacGinnis, John. 1995. Letter Orders from Sippar and the Administration of the Ebabbara in the Late-Babylonian Period. Poznań : Bonami.
-
history: Nisaba 20, 297
[Altavilla2009Nisaba20] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2009. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 1: Sippar. Nisaba 20. Messina.
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 070373
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
- Elevation:
- Stratigraphic Level:
- Excavation No:
- Findspot Square:
- Findspot Comments:
- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Darius
- Alternative Years:
- Date Comments:
- Accounting Period:
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-04 at 11:52:07 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
 |
|
| 2025-01-03 at 11:22:08 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
|
|
| 2024-12-27 at 14:57:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
|
|
| 2024-12-25 at 17:57:49 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
|
|
| 2024-12-23 at 17:35:46 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
|
|
| 2024-12-23 at 17:00:48 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
|
|
| 2024-12-20 at 12:05:46 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
|
|
| 2024-12-19 at 19:14:07 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
|
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
-
There is no external resource for this artifact yet.
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025MacGinnis,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-08]},
year = {2025},
month = {jan 4},
title = {MacGinnis {Letter} {Orders} from {Sippar} 152 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P555358},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P555358},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2025/1/4/ PY - 2025 ID - P555358 LB - CDLI:P555358 M1 - 2025/11/8/ TI - MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar 152 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P555358 ER -