BE 08/1, 011 (P258211)

Tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00758

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.24.01.24 Nbk 24/I/24
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P258211
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P258211

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment fragment(lower edge is missing)

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 00758
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	576960
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.758

References

primary: BE 8/1, 011

[Clay1908BE8/1] Clay, Albert T. 1908. Legal and Commercial Transactions. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 8/1. Philadelphia.
citation: PIHANS 80, 385-391

[Bongenaar1997PIHANS80] Bongenaar, A.C.V.M. 1997. The Neo-Babylonian Ebabbar Temple at Sippar : Its Administration and Its Prosopography. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut Te İstanbul 80. İstanbul : Nederlands Historisch-Archeologisch Instituut te İstanbul.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-30 at 19:50:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-30 at 19:44:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-13 at 20:25:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 30, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P258211.

BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry (No. P258211). (2026, January 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258211 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258211 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

@misc{2026BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 30},
	title = {BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258211},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/30/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P258211
LB  - CDLI:P258211
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258211
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 30, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P258211.

BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry (No. P258211). (2026, January 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258211 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258211 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

@misc{2026BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 30},
	title = {BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258211},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/30/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P258211
LB  - CDLI:P258211
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258211
ER  -