SPAB 137 (P532599)

Administrative tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 22345

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.20.--.02
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P532599
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P532599

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 22345
Accession Number

References

primary: SPAB, 137

[Pedersén2025SPAB] Pedersén, Olof. 2025. The South Palace Archives in Babylon: Administrative Records in the Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II. Harrassowitz.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-04 at 11:26:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-02-08 at 14:51:56	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pedersén, Olof		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-02-13 at 11:37:04	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Pedersén, Olof; Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“SPAB 137 Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P532599.

SPAB 137 artifact entry (No. P532599). (2025, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P532599 (Original work published 2023)

SPAB 137 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P532599 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P532599},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SPAB 137 Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P532599.

SPAB 137 artifact entry (No. P532599). (2025, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P532599 (Original work published 2023)

SPAB 137 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P532599 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {SPAB 137 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P532599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P532599},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - SPAB 137 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P532599
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