MSL 08/2, 006 S10 (P257071)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 1559 + N 2215 + N 4923 + UM 29-16-637

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Hh XIII, XIV; 21x17 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has fragments

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Hh XIII, XIV; 21x17 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	14/-/-
Accounting Period

Record

P257071 leadP257071 lead

CDLI number	P257071 P277318 (retired) P276687 (retired) P279544 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P257071

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment Fragmented upper left corner

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 1559 + N 2215 + N 4923 + UM 29-16-637
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	572527 + 572526 + 572525 + 572524
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.1559 + N.2215 + N.4923 + UM.29-16-637
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P257071
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P257071

References

primary: MSL 8/2, 006 S10

[Landsberger1962MSL8/2] Landsberger, Benno. 1962. The Fauna of the Ancient Mesopotamia. Second Part. ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu Tablets XIV and XVII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 8/2. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 08/2, 006 S10 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257071.

MSL 08/2, 006 S10 artifact entry (No. P257071). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257071 (Original work published 2005)

MSL 08/2, 006 S10 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257071 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {MSL 08/2, 006 {S10} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257071},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257071},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 08/2, 006 S10 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257071.

MSL 08/2, 006 S10 artifact entry (No. P257071). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257071 (Original work published 2005)

MSL 08/2, 006 S10 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257071 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {MSL 08/2, 006 {S10} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257071},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257071},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257071
LB  - CDLI:P257071
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - MSL 08/2, 006 S10 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257071
ER  -