CT 55, 862 (P315255)

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 056587

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 wool)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 56.0 mm

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.08.04.10
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P315255
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P315255

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	43.0 mm × 56.0 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 056587
Accession Number	1882-07-14, 0963

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Achemenet (Achemenet)	4173532
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.56587
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0714-963

References

primary: CT 55, 862

[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: OBO 218, p. 45, 47, n. 297

[Zawadzki2006OBO218] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2006. Garments of the Gods: Vol. 1 Studies on the Textile Industry and the Pantheon of Sippar According to the Texts from the Ebabbar Archive. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 218. Academic Press Fribourg Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-13 at 15:44:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-03-13 at 15:43:34	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
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, 862 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P315255.

CT 55, 862 artifact entry (No. P315255). (2026, March 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315255 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 862 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315255 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 55, 862 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P315255.

CT 55, 862 artifact entry (No. P315255). (2026, March 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315255 (Original work published 2006)

CT 55, 862 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315255 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315255},
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