N 2251 (P277352)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 2251

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Ledger; deliveries to various gods; 15x12 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Ledger; deliveries to various gods; 15x12 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	Rim-Sin.04.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P277352
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P277352

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	obv and lower edge broken

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 2251
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	570828
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.2251

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
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“N 2251 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P277352.

N 2251 artifact entry (No. P277352). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P277352 (Original work published 2005)

N 2251 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P277352 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P277352},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“N 2251 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P277352.

N 2251 artifact entry (No. P277352). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P277352 (Original work published 2005)

N 2251 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P277352 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {N 2251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P277352},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P277352},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P277352
LB  - CDLI:P277352
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - N 2251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P277352
ER  -