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BE 08/1, 009 (P257716)

Administrative tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00151

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of grain received; 16x1 line)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: center
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Account of grain received; 16x1 line)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BE 8/1, 009

[Clay1908BE8/1] Clay, Albert T. 1908. Legal and Commercial Transactions. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 8/1. Philadelphia.
citation: PIHANS 80, 417-422

[Bongenaar1997PIHANS80] Bongenaar, A.C.V.M. 1997. The Neo-Babylonian Ebabbar Temple at Sippar : Its Administration and Its Prosopography. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut Te İstanbul 80. İstanbul : Nederlands Historisch-Archeologisch Instituut te İstanbul.
citation: JCS 38 (pp. 172-244), T.x.29

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 00151
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabopolassar.11.08.-- ?
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-31 at 15:32:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-31 at 15:27:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-13 at 20:25:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-18 at 09:31:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-11 at 16:49:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-07 at 09:58:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (452677) (452677)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.151) (CBS.151)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 009 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 31, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P257716.

BE 08/1, 009 artifact entry (No. P257716). (2026, January 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257716 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 009 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257716 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2026BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 31},
	title = {BE 08/1, 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257716},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257716},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 009 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 31, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P257716.

BE 08/1, 009 artifact entry (No. P257716). (2026, January 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257716 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 009 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257716 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2026BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 31},
	title = {BE 08/1, 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257716},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257716},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/31/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P257716
LB  - CDLI:P257716
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - BE 08/1, 009 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257716
ER  -