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BE 08/1, 011 (P258211)

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 00758

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

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: fragment(lower edge is missing)
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Text Information

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Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BE 8/1, 011

[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, 385-391

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 00758
Accession No.:

Provenience

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

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.24.01.24
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-30 at 19:50:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-30 at 19:44:33	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
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 (576960) (576960)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.758) (CBS.758)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 30, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P258211.

BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry (No. P258211). (2026, January 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258211 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258211 (Accessed: March 20, 2026).

@misc{2026BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-20]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 30},
	title = {BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258211},
}

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PY  - 2026
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LB  - CDLI:P258211
M1  - 2026/3/20/
TI  - BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 30, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P258211.

BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry (No. P258211). (2026, January 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258211 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258211 (Accessed: March 20, 2026).

@misc{2026BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-20]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 30},
	title = {BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258211},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/30/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P258211
LB  - CDLI:P258211
M1  - 2026/3/20/
TI  - BE 08/1, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258211
ER  -