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CT 56, 294 (P366609)

List or inventory 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 056652

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative > List or inventory

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative > List or inventory
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: CT 56, 294

[Pinches1982CT56] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1982. Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Economic Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 56. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
citation: JCS 41 (pp. 199-216), 202

[Peat1989JCS41] Peat, Jerome A. 1989. “Cyrus ‘King of Lands,’ Cambyses ‘King of Babylon’: The Disputed Co-Regency.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 41 (2): 199–216.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 056652
Accession No.: 1882-07-14, 1061

Provenience

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

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cyrus & Cambyses.--.02.10+
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-02-03 at 19:22:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-18 at 10:59:29	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
2025-09-15 at 18:26:10	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 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-03-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.56652) (BM.56652)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0714-1061) (W_1882-0714-1061)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 56, 294 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 3, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P366609.

CT 56, 294 artifact entry (No. P366609). (2026, February 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P366609 (Original work published 2007)

CT 56, 294 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P366609 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {feb 3},
	title = {CT 56, 294 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P366609},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P366609},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 56, 294 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 3, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P366609.

CT 56, 294 artifact entry (No. P366609). (2026, February 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P366609 (Original work published 2007)

CT 56, 294 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P366609 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

@misc{2026CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-05]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {feb 3},
	title = {CT 56, 294 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P366609},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P366609},
}

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PY  - 2026
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LB  - CDLI:P366609
M1  - 2026/3/5/
TI  - CT 56, 294 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P366609
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