Dar. 285 (P580978)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 060563

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

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.10.10.28
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P580978
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P580978

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
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 060563
Accession Number	1882-09-18, 00538

References

primary: Dar., 285

[Strassmaier1892-1897Darius] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1892-1897. Inschriften von Darius, König von Babylon (521-485 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
citation: OBO 218, n. 590

[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	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-13 at 15:44:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-03-13 at 15:43:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-28 at 17:36:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-20 at 17:35:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Dar. 285 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P580978.

Dar. 285 artifact entry (No. P580978). (2026, March 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P580978 (Original work published 2025)

Dar. 285 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P580978 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Dar. 285 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P580978.

Dar. 285 artifact entry (No. P580978). (2026, March 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P580978 (Original work published 2025)

Dar. 285 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P580978 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 13},
	title = {Dar. 285 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P580978},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P580978},
}

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