MSL 17, 056 H (P388222)

Lexical 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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 036717

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Erimhusz)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Erimhusz)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P388222
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P388222

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 036717
Accession Number	1880-06-17, 0450

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.36717
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P388222
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P388222
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-0617-450

References

primary: MSL 17, 056 H

[Cavigneaux1985MSL17] Cavigneaux, Antoine. 1985. The Series Erim-Ḫuš = Anantu and An-Ta-Gál = Šaqû. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 17. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-21 at 17:13:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2009-03-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 17, 056 H Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P388222.

MSL 17, 056 H artifact entry (No. P388222). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388222 (Original work published 2009)

MSL 17, 056 H artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388222 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388222},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388222},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 17, 056 H Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P388222.

MSL 17, 056 H artifact entry (No. P388222). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388222 (Original work published 2009)

MSL 17, 056 H artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388222 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 21},
	title = {MSL 17, 056 {H} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388222},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388222},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/21/
PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P388222
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - MSL 17, 056 H artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388222
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