CT 55, 576 (P314969)

Receipt 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 056590

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative > Receipt (Receipt for sheep)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 53.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative > Receipt (Receipt for sheep)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.--.04.22
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P314969
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P314969

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	40.0 mm × 53.0 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 056590
Accession Number	1882-07-14, 0966

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Achemenet (Achemenet)	4101609
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.56590
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0714-966

References

primary: CT 55, 576

[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.
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: WZKM 91 (pp. 347-363), 360-361

[Zawadzki2001WZKM91] Zawadzki, Stefan, and Michael Jursa. 2001. “Šamaš-Tirri-Kuṣur, a Smith Manufacturing Weapons in the Ebabbar Temple at Sippar.” Wiener Zeitschrift Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes 91: 347–63.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-04-03 at 08:18:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-02-07 at 14:30:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2025-11-20 at 19:15:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-19 at 19:32:50	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, 576 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 3, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P314969.

CT 55, 576 artifact entry (No. P314969). (2026, April 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314969 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 576 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314969 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 55, 576 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 3, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P314969.

CT 55, 576 artifact entry (No. P314969). (2026, April 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314969 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 576 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314969 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314969},
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