BM 059715 (P580683)

Legal 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 059715

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cyrus2.--.--.--
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P580683
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P580683

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Archive	Ebabbar
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 059715
Accession Number	1882-07-14, 4125

References

citation: PIHANS 80, 83, 91, 435, 438, 489

[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
2026-01-25 at 15:59:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-25 at 15:37:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-16 at 09:03:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-19 at 16:23:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 059715 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 25, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P580683.

BM 059715 artifact entry (No. P580683). (2026, January 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P580683 (Original work published 2025)

BM 059715 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P580683 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P580683},
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 059715 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 25, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P580683.

BM 059715 artifact entry (No. P580683). (2026, January 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P580683 (Original work published 2025)

BM 059715 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P580683 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 25},
	title = {BM 059715 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P580683},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P580683},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/25/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P580683
LB  - CDLI:P580683
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - BM 059715 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P580683
ER  -