HMA 9-02530 (P248257)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

Museum Number

HMA 9-02530

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (tally?)

Language(s)

Measurements

19.0 mm × 25.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (tally?)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabopolassar.14.04.10 Nabopolassar 14
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P248257
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P248257

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	19.0 mm × 25.0 mm × 13.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	(Surface: fair)

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum Number	HMA 9-02530
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	HMA.9-2530

References

primary: HMA 9, 02530

[GordinHMA9] Gordin, Shai. n.d.
history: UCP 09-01-1, 006

[Lutz1927UCP9-1-1] Lutz, Henry F. 1927. Neo-Babylonian Administrative Documents from Erech, Part 1. Vol. 9-1–1. University of California Publications in Semitic Philology. University of California Press; Cambridge University Press.
citation: JCS 38 (pp. 172-244), T.14.12

[Kennedy1986JCS38] Kennedy, Douglas A. 1986. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: Part II: A Survey of Babylonian Texts, 626-605 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 38 (2): 172–244. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359799.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-11 at 16:49:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-09 at 16:16:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-09 at 16:14:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-19 at 14:46:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-09 at 10:51:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2004-09-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Gordin, Shai		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“HMA 9-02530 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P248257.

HMA 9-02530 artifact entry (No. P248257). (2025, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P248257 (Original work published 2004)

HMA 9-02530 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P248257 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“HMA 9-02530 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P248257.

HMA 9-02530 artifact entry (No. P248257). (2025, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P248257 (Original work published 2004)

HMA 9-02530 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P248257 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 11},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P248257},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P248257},
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