SAAB 09, 079 (P528302)

Legal envelope excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 09689

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced	Assurbanipal.limu Nabu-shar-ahheshu.05.23 646*
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P528302
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P528302

Physical information

Artifact type	Envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Archive	Assur N15
Excavation Number	Ass 08520e
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 09689
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Neo-Assyrian Archival Texts from Assur (ATAE, Assur)	P528302

References

primary: SAAB 09, 79

[Deller1995SAAB09] Deller, Karlheinz, Frederick Mario Fales, and Liane Jakob-Rost. 1995. “ Neo-Assyrian Texts from Assur: Private Archives in the Vorderasiatisches Museum of Berlin, Part II.” State Archives of Assyria Bulletin 9: 3–137.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-07-07 at 16:45:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-05-31 at 20:37:46	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-04-22 at 19:13:42	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-01-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SAAB 09, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P528302.

SAAB 09, 079 artifact entry (No. P528302). (2025, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P528302 (Original work published 2022)

SAAB 09, 079 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P528302 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“SAAB 09, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P528302.

SAAB 09, 079 artifact entry (No. P528302). (2025, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P528302 (Original work published 2022)

SAAB 09, 079 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P528302 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {SAAB 09, 079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P528302},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P528302},
}

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PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P528302
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - SAAB 09, 079 artifact entry
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