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BE 17/1, 046 (P266145)

Letter tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 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 10952

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; (Obv)9x(Rev)9 lines)

Language(s)

Middle Babylonian

Measurements

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: upper part of obv. broken off
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (Letter; (Obv)9x(Rev)9 lines)
Language(s): Middle Babylonian

Related publications

primary: BE 17/1,, 046

[Radau1908BE17/1] Radau, Hugo. 1908. Letters to the Cassite Kings from the Temple Archives of Nippur. Babylonian Expedition 17/1.
primary: Ridder 2025 ZDMG 175, 299

[Ridder2025ZDMG] Ridder, Jacob Jan de. 2025. “Beyond Rage and Fear. Negative Emotions in Middle Babylonian Letters.” Zeitschrift Der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 175 (2): 293–310.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: CBS 10952
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-09 at 06:33:33	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (585098) (585098)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.10952) (CBS.10952)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 17/1, 046 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 9, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P266145.

BE 17/1, 046 artifact entry (No. P266145). (2025, October 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266145 (Original work published 2005)

BE 17/1, 046 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266145 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 9},
	title = {BE 17/1, 046 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266145},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266145},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 17/1, 046 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 9, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P266145.

BE 17/1, 046 artifact entry (No. P266145). (2025, October 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266145 (Original work published 2005)

BE 17/1, 046 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266145 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 9},
	title = {BE 17/1, 046 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266145},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266145},
}

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M1  - 2026/1/23/
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