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BM 077217 (P588079)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 077217

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

citation: JCS 38 (pp. 172-244), T.18.40

[Kennedy1986JCS38] Kennedy, Douglas A. 1986. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: Part II: A Survey of Babylonian Texts, 626-605 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 38 (2): 172–244. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359799.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 077217
Accession No.: 1883-01-18 AH, 2600a

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabopolassar.18.07.29
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-19 at 09:49:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-11 at 16:49:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-10 at 16:42:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 077217 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P588079.

BM 077217 artifact entry (No. P588079). (2025, October 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P588079 (Original work published 2025)

BM 077217 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P588079 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P588079},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 077217 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P588079.

BM 077217 artifact entry (No. P588079). (2025, October 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P588079 (Original work published 2025)

BM 077217 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P588079 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 19},
	title = {BM 077217 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P588079},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P588079},
}

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DA  - 2025/10/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P588079
LB  - CDLI:P588079
M1  - 2026/4/1/
TI  - BM 077217 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P588079
ER  -