dubsar 3, 212 (P550746)

Letter 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 050447

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P550746
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P550746

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 050447
Accession Number	1882-03-23, 1438

References

primary: dubsar 3, 212

[Levavi2018] Levavi, Yuval. 2018. Administrative Epistolography in the Formative Phase of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Dubsar 3. Münster: Zaphon.
history: MacGinnis, Mes 31, 02

[MacGinnis1996Mes31] MacGinnis, John. 1996. “Letters from the Neo-Babylonian Ebabbara.” Mesopotamia, Rivista Di Archeologia, Epigrafia e Storia Orientale Antica 31: 99–159.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-01 at 08:49:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-01 at 08:47:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-24 at 05:10:36	Alstola, Tero	Artifact metadata	Alstola, Tero; Ong, Matthew	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Dubsar 3, 212 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550746.

dubsar 3, 212 artifact entry (No. P550746). (2025, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550746 (Original work published 2024)

dubsar 3, 212 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550746 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Dubsar 3, 212 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550746.

dubsar 3, 212 artifact entry (No. P550746). (2025, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550746 (Original work published 2024)

dubsar 3, 212 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550746 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {dubsar 3, 212 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550746},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550746},
}

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