CT 57, 0078 (P367219)

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 056273

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of house rents)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Account of house rents)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cyrus2.04.02.28 535 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P367219
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P367219

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 056273
Accession Number	1882-07-14, 0644

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.56273
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0714-644

References

primary: CT 57, 78

[Pinches1982CT57] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1982. Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Economic Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 57. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: Rental of Houses, 36

[Zawadzki2018Rental] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2018. The Rental of Houses in the Neo-Babylonian Period (VI-V Centuries BC). Warszawa : Agade Bis Publishing House.
citation: PIHANS 80, 136

[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
2026-02-16 at 20:05:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-03 at 08:34:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-18 at 11:35:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-03-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CT 57, 0078 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 16, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P367219.

CT 57, 0078 artifact entry (No. P367219). (2026, February 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P367219 (Original work published 2007)

CT 57, 0078 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P367219 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 57, 0078 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 16, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P367219.

CT 57, 0078 artifact entry (No. P367219). (2026, February 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P367219 (Original work published 2007)

CT 57, 0078 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P367219 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {feb 16},
	title = {CT 57, 0078 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P367219},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P367219},
}

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