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CT 56, 339 (P366654)

Letter 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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 057155

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: CT 56, 339

[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.
history: Nisaba 20, 18

[Altavilla2009Nisaba20] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2009. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 1: Sippar. Nisaba 20. Messina.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 057155
Accession No.: 1882-07-14, 1563

Provenience

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

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabonidus.04.--.02
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-27 at 17:42:43	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
2025-02-03 at 13:58:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-27 at 14:57:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-25 at 17:57:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-23 at 17:35:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-21 at 11:37:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-21 at 11:32:00	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.57155) (BM.57155)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0714-1563) (W_1882-0714-1563)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 026897 (composite) (P556545)	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 56, 339 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 27, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P366654.

CT 56, 339 artifact entry (No. P366654). (2026, January 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P366654 (Original work published 2007)

CT 56, 339 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P366654 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 27},
	title = {CT 56, 339 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P366654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P366654},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 56, 339 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 27, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P366654.

CT 56, 339 artifact entry (No. P366654). (2026, January 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P366654 (Original work published 2007)

CT 56, 339 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P366654 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2026CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 27},
	title = {CT 56, 339 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P366654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P366654},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/27/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P366654
LB  - CDLI:P366654
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - CT 56, 339 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P366654
ER  -