SAAB 09, 085 (P528308)

Legal tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 09704

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P528308
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P528308

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Archive	Assur N15
Excavation Number	Ass 08520
Findspot	N15, 8
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 09704
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Neo-Assyrian Archival Texts from Assur (ATAE, Assur)	P528308

References

primary: SAAB 09, 85

[Deller1995SAAB09] Deller, Karlheinz, Frederick Mario Fales, and Liane Jakob-Rost. 1995. “ Neo-Assyrian Texts from Assur: Private Archives in the Vorderasiatisches Museum of Berlin, Part II.” State Archives of Assyria Bulletin 9: 3–137.
history: Archives and Libraries in the City of Assur, N15, 8

[Pedersen1985-86ArchivesAssur] Pedersén, Olof. 1985-86. Archives and Libraries in the City of Assur : A Study of the Material from the German Excavations. Uppsala : Almqvist & Wiksell.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-07-07 at 16:51:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-07-07 at 16:45:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-05-31 at 20:37:46	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-04-22 at 19:13:42	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-01-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SAAB 09, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P528308.

SAAB 09, 085 artifact entry (No. P528308). (2025, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P528308 (Original work published 2022)

SAAB 09, 085 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P528308 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“SAAB 09, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P528308.

SAAB 09, 085 artifact entry (No. P528308). (2025, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P528308 (Original work published 2022)

SAAB 09, 085 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P528308 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 7},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P528308},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P528308},
}

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