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CT 55, 798 (P315191)

Administrative tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 058186

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 50.0 mm

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 40.0 high × 50.0 wide
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: CT 55, 798

[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: OBO 218 & 260, vol. 2, no. 576

[Zawadzki2006-2013Garments] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2006-2013. Garments of the Gods : Studies on the Textile Industry and the Pantheon of Sippar According to the Texts from the Ebabbar Archive. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 218 & 260. Fribourg : Academic Press ; Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 058186
Accession No.: 1882-07-14, 2595

Provenience

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

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cyrus2.05.02.01
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-25 at 16:12:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-16 at 09:03:35	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
2025-09-08 at 13:42:36	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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Achemenet (4167596) (4167596)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.58186) (BM.58186)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0714-2595) (W_1882-0714-2595)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 55, 798 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 25, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P315191.

CT 55, 798 artifact entry (No. P315191). (2026, January 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315191 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 798 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315191 (Accessed: February 25, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315191},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 55, 798 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 25, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P315191.

CT 55, 798 artifact entry (No. P315191). (2026, January 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315191 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 798 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315191 (Accessed: February 25, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315191},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315191},
}

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