BE 20/1, 027 (P230039)

Lexical 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 19813

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical, Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: table - sq. root Obv. has remains of pupil's columns with uz//3.)

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  • primary: BE 20/1, 027

    [Hilprecht1906BE20/1] Hilprecht, Hermann V. 1906. Mathematical, Metrological and Chronological Tablets from the Temple Library of Nippur. University of Pennsylvania Babylonian Expedition 20/1.

  • history: MKT 1, 068, CBS 19813

    [Neugebauer1935MKT1] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1935. Mathematische Keilschrift-Texte. Erster Teil: Texte. Quellen Und Studien Zur Geschichte Der Mathematik, Astronomie Und Physik, Abteilung A: Quellen 3. Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-28 at 10:09:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 20/1, 027 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230039.
BE 20/1, 027 artifact entry (No. P230039). (2024, August 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230039 (Original work published 2003)
BE 20/1, 027 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230039 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 28},
	title = {BE 20/1, 027 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230039},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230039},
}


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