BE 08/1, 003 (P257583)
Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 00018Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Sale of a storehouse belonging to the temple in Borsippa; nail markson 4 edges; Babylon or Borsippa?; 22x25 lines)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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primary: BE 8/1, 003
[Clay1908BE8/1] Clay, Albert T. 1908. Legal and Commercial Transactions. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 8/1. Philadelphia.
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history: JA 1922 (pp. 1-48), p.37
[Fossey1922JA] Fossey, Charles. 1922. “Études Assyriennes.” Journal Asiatique 1922 (1): 1–48.
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history: BR 8/7, no. 16
[SanNicolo1951BR 8/7] San Nicolò, Mariano. 1951. Babylonische Rechtsurkunden Des Ausgehenden 8. Und Des 7. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Vol. 34. Abhandlungen (Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse). München : Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; in Kommission bei Beck.
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citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), L.9
[Brinkman1983JCS35] Brinkman, John A., and Douglas A. Kennedy. 1983. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: A Survey of Dated Babylonian Economic Texts, 721-626 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35 (1–2): 1–90.
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- Museum No.: CBS 00018
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- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Kandalānu.05.06b.14
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| 2025-10-16 at 10:07:53 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-10-12 at 11:13:06 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-08-19 at 06:59:07 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-23 at 16:55:43 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-14 at 15:10:07 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô | Penn Museum | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Penn Museum (451503) (451503)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.18) (CBS.18)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025BE,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-18]},
year = {2025},
month = {oct 16},
title = {BE 08/1, 003 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P257583},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257583},
}
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