CT 55, 077 (P314468)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 055865

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (loan of silver)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

53.0 mm × 62.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (loan of silver)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amēl-Marduk.01.05.05
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P314468
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P314468

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	53.0 mm × 62.0 mm
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 055865
Accession Number	1882-07-14, 0223

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Achemenet (Achemenet)	3577055
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.55865
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0714-223

References

primary: CT 55, 77

[Pinches1982CT55] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1982. Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Economic Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 55. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-16 at 19:29:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-16 at 19:28:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-06 at 16:54:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-11-09 at 23:28:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Lafont, Bertrand; Rattenborg, Rune	Achemenet	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2006-03-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 55, 077 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P314468.

CT 55, 077 artifact entry (No. P314468). (2025, November 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314468 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 077 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314468 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314468},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 55, 077 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P314468.

CT 55, 077 artifact entry (No. P314468). (2025, November 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314468 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 077 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314468 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 16},
	title = {CT 55, 077 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314468},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314468},
}

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