BE 17/1, 048 (P267031)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11893

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; (Obv)15x(Rev)15 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]-x [...]
 en: ...
2. a-na di-na#-an be-[li2]-ia# lul-[lik]
 en: I shall go as my lord's substitute!
3. um-ma-a a-na be-[li2]-ia-ma
 en: The following (say) to my lord:
4. i-na _sza3 a-sza3-mesz_ sza _ensi2-mesz#_
 en: Out of (the heart of) the fields of the iššakku farmers,
5. _a-sza3_ sza dumu {disz}a-na-_{d}3(u)_-tak-la-ku _ensi2_
 en: the field of Ana-Sîn-taklāku, the iššakku farmer,
6. sza i-na lib3-ba e-ri-szu
 en: which was seeded with a seeder-plow in the middle,
7. {disz}u-ba-ru3 ki-i u2-sze-la-an-ni
 en: after Ubāru had taken it away from me,
8. {disz}na-ah-zi-_{d}marduk_ ul-te-ri-da
 en: Na(ḫ)zi-Marduk had let it come down to me (=given it back).
9. a-di sza _dumu_ {disz}arad-iu-u2 ku-du-ur-ra
 en: After he had established the borders of the field of the son of Ardīju with a kudurru,
10. ki-i ik-di-ra ki-i im-hur-an-ni
 en: (and) after he had approached me about (it),
11. a-na _{disz}{dingir}iszkur-uru4_ it-ta-din
 en: he gave it to Adad-ē/īriš.
12. um-ma-a be-el-ka iq-ba-a
 en: He said the following: "Your lord said (to do) so!"
13. _a-sza3_ ha-an-sza ki-i u2-sze-ri-da#-an-ni
 en: “After he had let the fifth field come back down to me,
14. _sag-du a-sza3_ im-ta-ha-as,-[ma]
 en: he ploughed the top part of the fallow field and
15. szu-u2 it-ta-[di-in]
 en: he gave it.
reverse
1. u3 _dumu_ {disz}hu#-na-bi x-[...]
 en: And the son of Ḫunābu ...
2. um-ma-a a-na ka-a-sza [...]
 en: the following to you: ...
3. iq-ba-a la ir-ri-[isz? ...]
 en: he said: “He shall not seed ...”
4. ia-a-szi ul-te-la-an-ni
 en: He has taken away from me,
5. u3 _a-sza3_ sza _{disz}ninnu-kisz-dingir-mesz_
 en: and when I inspected the field of Enlil-kiššat-ilāni,
6. ki-i a-mu-ru-ma gi-ir-ri szu-ru dan{an}
 en: (I found that) on my path the reed was strong.
7. {disz}bu-na-{d}nin-urta ki-i u2-ri-du i-te-li
 en: After Bunna-Ninurta had come down, he went up.
8. sza-nu-u2 u3 sza-al-szum-ma
 en: The second and the third (person),
9. ma-la im-ma-ru-szu ma-am-ma ul i-s,a-bat
 en: as many as are going to inspect it (m), none of them is going to tackle it.
10. il-lu-u2 u3 i-ri-iq-qu
 en: They are (all) going to get up and to leave.
11. um-ma-a a-na be-li2-ia-ma ki-i pa-du
 en: The following (say) to my lord: When they are/he is in fetters,
12. ul mu-sza-ki-lu a-na-ku lu man-za-az
 en: I am not a fattener, it is the case that I am a
13. pa-ni a-na-ku _i7_ eh-te-ri x-x-x
 en: palace official. I have dug a canal! ...
14. ak-ta-la e-[...]
 en: I have held back ...
15. a#-na# _sza3 a-sza3#_ [...]
 en: for the middle of the field of ...

Text content

Genre(s) Letter (Letter; (Obv)15x(Rev)15 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P267031

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
UE. broken off

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 11893
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 586032
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.11893

References

  • primary: BE 17/1,, 048

    [Radau1908BE17/1] Radau, Hugo. 1908. Letters to the Cassite Kings from the Temple Archives of Nippur. Babylonian Expedition 17/1.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2019-04-02 at 03:10:55 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-12-19 at 02:44:59 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-12-09 at 08:32:45 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-11-08 at 22:57:32 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BE 17/1, 048 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P267031.
BE 17/1, 048 artifact entry (No. P267031). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267031 (Original work published 2005)
BE 17/1, 048 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267031 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 17/1, 048 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267031},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267031},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BE 17/1, 048 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P267031.
BE 17/1, 048 artifact entry (No. P267031). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267031 (Original work published 2005)
BE 17/1, 048 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267031 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 17/1, 048 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267031},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267031},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P267031
LB  - CDLI:P267031
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - BE 17/1, 048 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P267031
ER  -
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