MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar 158 (P555363)

Letter 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 073411

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 026882 (composite) (P555758)	S026882	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)	Darius
CDLI Seals 026894 (composite) (P555780)	S026894	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)	Darius

Record

CDLI number	P555363
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P555363

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
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 073411
Accession Number

References

primary: MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar, 158

[MacGinnis1995LetterOrdersSippar] MacGinnis, John. 1995. Letter Orders from Sippar and the Administration of the Ebabbara in the Late-Babylonian Period. Poznań : Bonami.
history: Nisaba 20, 239

[Altavilla2009Nisaba20] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2009. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 1: Sippar. Nisaba 20. Messina.
citation: PIHANS 80, 73, 90

[Bongenaar1997PIHANS80] Bongenaar, A.C.V.M. 1997. The Neo-Babylonian Ebabbar Temple at Sippar : Its Administration and Its Prosopography. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut Te İstanbul 80. İstanbul : Nederlands Historisch-Archeologisch Instituut te İstanbul.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-04 at 19:44:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-27 at 15:59:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-01-04 at 14:07:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-01-03 at 11:13:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-27 at 14:57:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-25 at 17:57:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-23 at 17:35:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-23 at 17:00:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-20 at 12:05:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-19 at 19:14:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar 158 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P555363.

MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar 158 artifact entry (No. P555363). (2026, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P555363 (Original work published 2024)

MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar 158 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P555363 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar 158 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P555363.

MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar 158 artifact entry (No. P555363). (2026, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P555363 (Original work published 2024)

MacGinnis Letter Orders from Sippar 158 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P555363 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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