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BM 034491 (P556593)

Letter tablet and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 034491

Period

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

history: Nisaba 28, no. 673

[Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 034491
Accession No.: Sp 0615

Provenience

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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-04-30 at 07:38:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-03 at 18:54:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved

External Resources

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Seals

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

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

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 034491 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556593.

BM 034491 artifact entry (No. P556593). (2025, April 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556593 (Original work published 2025)

BM 034491 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556593 (Accessed: December 26, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556593},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 034491 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556593.

BM 034491 artifact entry (No. P556593). (2025, April 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556593 (Original work published 2025)

BM 034491 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556593 (Accessed: December 26, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-26]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 30},
	title = {BM 034491 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556593},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556593},
}

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DA  - 2025/4/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P556593
LB  - CDLI:P556593
M1  - 2025/12/26/
TI  - BM 034491 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P556593
ER  -