MC 24, no. 80 (P259034)

Literary 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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01702

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Hymn to An and Ishtar 14x14 lines, 5 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary (Hymn to An and Ishtar 14x14 lines, 5 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P259034
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P259034

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment frags (2)

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 01702
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	577713
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.1702
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (CASPo)	P259034.html

References

primary: MC 24, no. 80

[Lambert2019MC24] Lambert, Wilfred G. 2019. Cuneiform Texts from the Folios of W.G. Lambert. Edited by Andrew R. George. Mesopotamian Civilizations 24. University Park, PA : Eisenbrauns.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-01-24 at 16:05:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-01-21 at 11:07:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56	Lenzi, Alan	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan	Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MC 24, No. 80 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P259034.

MC 24, no. 80 artifact entry (No. P259034). (2025, January 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259034 (Original work published 2005)

MC 24, no. 80 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259034 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“MC 24, No. 80 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P259034.

MC 24, no. 80 artifact entry (No. P259034). (2025, January 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259034 (Original work published 2005)

MC 24, no. 80 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259034 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259034},
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