BM 072873 (P555524)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 072873Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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Seal information:
A33b & B33
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primary: Nisaba 20, 359
[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.
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- Museum No.: BM 072873
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- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Darius
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-02-02 at 10:05:20 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-01-01 at 14:43:12 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-25 at 17:57:49 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-23 at 12:50:54 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-22 at 16:12:17 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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There is no external resource for this artifact yet.
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 026874 (composite) (P555750) | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) | Achaemenid (547-331 BC) | Darius |
| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-14]},
year = {2025},
month = {feb 2},
title = {BM 072873 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P555524},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P555524},
}
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