CT 55, 850 (P315243)

Administrative tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 057653

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

53.0 mm × 71.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.27.09.13
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P315243
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P315243

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	53.0 mm × 71.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 057653
Accession Number	1882-07-14, 2064

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Achemenet (Achemenet)	4170370
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.57653
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0714-2064

References

primary: CT 55, 850

[Pinches1982CT55] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1982. Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Economic Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 55. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: OBO 260, no. 197

[Zawadzki2013OBO260] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2013. Garments of the Gods: Vol. 2 Texts. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 260. Fribourg : Academic Press ; Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
citation: OBO 218, p. 105

[Zawadzki2006OBO218] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2006. Garments of the Gods: Vol. 1 Studies on the Textile Industry and the Pantheon of Sippar According to the Texts from the Ebabbar Archive. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 218. Academic Press Fribourg Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-13 at 15:43:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-03-11 at 10:02:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-25 at 16:12:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-28 at 15:18:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-20 at 19:15:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-08 at 13:42:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-11-09 at 23:28:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Lafont, Bertrand; Rattenborg, Rune	Achemenet	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2006-03-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 55, 850 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P315243.

CT 55, 850 artifact entry (No. P315243). (2026, March 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315243 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 850 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315243 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315243},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 55, 850 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P315243.

CT 55, 850 artifact entry (No. P315243). (2026, March 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315243 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 850 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315243 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 13},
	title = {CT 55, 850 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315243},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315243},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/26/
TI  - CT 55, 850 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315243
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