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BE 08/1, 071 (P259974)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 03601

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (7x1x8 lines; 2.9x4x1.75 cm)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: lo. l. corner wanting, obv damaged
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  • Genre(s): Legal (7x1x8 lines; 2.9x4x1.75 cm)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: BE 8/1, 071

    [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.

  • history: Harper Ni 13-2-13-1889

    [sec47942] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 03601
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Cambyses.15?/I/8
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
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 View

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 08/1, 071 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259974.
BE 08/1, 071 artifact entry (No. P259974). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259974 (Original work published 2005)
BE 08/1, 071 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259974 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 08/1, 071 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259974},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259974},
}


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