N 4509 (P279367)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 4509

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Ledger; payments of plants; 9x7 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Ledger; payments of plants; 9x7 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P279367
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P279367

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	upper end and lo le corner 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 4509
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	573148
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.4509

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 4509 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P279367.

N 4509 artifact entry (No. P279367). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279367 (Original work published 2005)

N 4509 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279367 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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}

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Cite this Artifact

“N 4509 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P279367.

N 4509 artifact entry (No. P279367). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279367 (Original work published 2005)

N 4509 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279367 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {N 4509 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279367},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279367},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P279367
LB  - CDLI:P279367
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - N 4509 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P279367
ER  -