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SPAB 159 (P532621)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 22343

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: SPAB, 159

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: VAT 22343
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Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.20.07.-- ?
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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

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Cite this Artifacts

“SPAB 159 Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P532621.

SPAB 159 artifact entry (No. P532621). (2025, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P532621 (Original work published 2023)

SPAB 159 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P532621 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

@misc{2025SPAB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {SPAB 159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P532621},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P532621},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/1/
TI  - SPAB 159 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P532621
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SPAB 159 Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P532621.

SPAB 159 artifact entry (No. P532621). (2025, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P532621 (Original work published 2023)

SPAB 159 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P532621 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

@misc{2025SPAB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {SPAB 159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P532621},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P532621},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P532621
LB  - CDLI:P532621
M1  - 2026/4/1/
TI  - SPAB 159 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P532621
ER  -