CT 55, 492 (P314885)

Account 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 056045

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 (Account of sheep)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

103.0 mm × 71.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative > Account (Account of sheep)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P314885
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P314885

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	103.0 mm × 71.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 056045
Accession Number	1882-07-14, 0405

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Achemenet (Achemenet)	3852100
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.56045
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0714-405

References

primary: CT 55, 492

[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.
history: AOAT 451, no. 360

[Tarasewicz2018AOAT451] Tarasewicz, Radosław, and Stefan Zawadzki. 2018. Animal Offerings and Cultic Calendar in the Neo-Babylonian Sippar. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament 451. Münster : Ugarit-Verlag.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-04-12 at 13:59:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-31 at 18:00:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-01-11 at 11:52:48	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 13:32:21	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 Artifact

“CT 55, 492 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 12, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P314885.

CT 55, 492 artifact entry (No. P314885). (2026, April 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314885 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 492 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314885 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 55, 492 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 12, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P314885.

CT 55, 492 artifact entry (No. P314885). (2026, April 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314885 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 492 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314885 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {apr 12},
	title = {CT 55, 492 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314885},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314885},
}

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