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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 061528Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
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60.0 mm × 71.0 mm
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 60.0 high × 71.0 wide
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- Genre(s): Administrative
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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.
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- Museum No.: BM 061528
- Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 01501
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.03.--.--
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-12-20 at 10:12:43 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-12-08 at 10:02:07 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2017-01-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.61528) (BM.61528)
- British Museum Collection (W_1882-0918-1501) (W_1882-0918-1501)
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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: March 8, 2026).
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