BM 100977 (P555583)

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

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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 100977

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    stamp seal

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Nisaba 20, 365, seal A39

    [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 100977
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-01-01 at 19:05:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-25 at 17:57:49 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-23 at 11:53:26 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 100977 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P555583.
BM 100977 artifact entry (No. P555583). (2025, January 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P555583 (Original work published 2024)
BM 100977 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P555583 (Accessed: July 19, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P555583},
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