Cuneiform in Canaan, Shechem 02 (P566647)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Tall Balāṭah), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

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Museum Collection(s)

Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Museum Number

IAA 32-2891

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Tall Balāṭah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P566647
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P566647

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Tall Balāṭah)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Balata Excavations 1350
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Museum Number	IAA 32-2891
Accession Number

References

primary: Cuneiform in Canaan, p. 123-125 no. Shechem 2

[Horowitz2006Canaan] Horowitz, Wayne, and Takayoshi Oshima. 2006. Cuneiform in Canaan : Cuneiform Sources from the Land of Israel in Ancient Times.
history: Böhl, ZDPV 49/4 (1926), p. 322-325 no. 1350

[Böhl1926-443D25JN] Liagre Böhl, Franz Marius Theodor de. 1926. “Anhang. Die Bei Den Ausgrabungen von Sichem Gefundenen Keilschrifttafeln.” Zeitschrift Des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 49 (4): 321–27. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27929610.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-05-12 at 06:29:53	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Johansson, Carolin; Melin-Kronsell, Nils; Nett, Seraina; Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Cuneiform in Canaan, Shechem 02 Artifact Entry.” 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P566647.

Cuneiform in Canaan, Shechem 02 artifact entry (No. P566647). (2025, May 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P566647

Cuneiform in Canaan, Shechem 02 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P566647 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Cuneiform in Canaan, Shechem 02 Artifact Entry.” 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P566647.

Cuneiform in Canaan, Shechem 02 artifact entry (No. P566647). (2025, May 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P566647

Cuneiform in Canaan, Shechem 02 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P566647 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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