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MUN 005 (P230704)

Administrative 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

UM 55-21-266

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Loan of barley)

Language(s)

Middle Babylonian

Measurements

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Loan of barley)
Language(s): Middle Babylonian

Related publications

primary: BAF 21 MUN, no. 5

[Sassmannshausen2001BAF21] Sassmannshausen, Leonhard. 2001. Beiträge Zur Verwaltung Und Gesellschaft Babyloniens in Der Kassitenzeit. Vol. 21. Baghdader Forschungen. Philip von Zabern.
history: Field photos 3/109, 3/108

[sec33549] N.d.
history: OI photos 47157-58

[sec33550] N.d.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM 55-21-266
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: 3N-T0148
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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
2024-08-16 at 07:31:10	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Penn Museum (567849) (567849)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.55-21-266) (UM.55-21-266)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P230704) (P230704)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MUN 005 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230704.

MUN 005 artifact entry (No. P230704). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230704 (Original work published 2003)

MUN 005 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230704 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MUN 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230704},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230704},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MUN 005 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230704.

MUN 005 artifact entry (No. P230704). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230704 (Original work published 2003)

MUN 005 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230704 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

@misc{2024MUN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MUN 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230704},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230704},
}

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DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P230704
LB  - CDLI:P230704
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - MUN 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230704
ER  -