Textile Terminologies 423, BM 61528 (P499531)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 061528

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Measurements

60.0 mm × 71.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cambyses2.03.--.--
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P499531
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P499531

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	60.0 mm × 71.0 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 061528
Accession Number	1882-09-18, 01501

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.61528
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0918-1501

References

primary: Textile Terminologies, 423, BM 61528

[Zawadzki2010Terminologies] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2010. “Garments in Non-Cultic Context (Neo-Babylonian Period).” In Textile Terminologies in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean from the Third to the First Millennnia BC, edited by Cécile Michel and Marie-Louise Nosch. Oxford: Oxbox Books.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-20 at 10:12:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-08 at 10:02:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-01-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Textile Terminologies 423, BM 61528 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P499531.

Textile Terminologies 423, BM 61528 artifact entry (No. P499531). (2025, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P499531 (Original work published 2017)

Textile Terminologies 423, BM 61528 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P499531 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Textile Terminologies 423, BM 61528 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P499531.

Textile Terminologies 423, BM 61528 artifact entry (No. P499531). (2025, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P499531 (Original work published 2017)

Textile Terminologies 423, BM 61528 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P499531 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).

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