BE 08/1, 003 (P257583)

Legal tablet dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 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 00018

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of a storehouse belonging to the temple in Borsippa; nail markson 4 edges; Babylon or Borsippa?; 22x25 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Sale of a storehouse belonging to the temple in Borsippa; nail markson 4 edges; Babylon or Borsippa?; 22x25 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: BE 8/1, 003

    [Clay1908BE8/1] Clay, Albert T. 1908. Legal and Commercial Transactions. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 8/1. Philadelphia.

  • history: JA 1922 (pp. 1-48), p.37

    [Fossey1922JA] Fossey, Charles. 1922. “Études Assyriennes.” Journal Asiatique 1922 (1): 1–48.

  • history: BR 8/7, n.14

    [SanNicolo1951BR 8/7] San Nicolò, Mariano. 1951. Babylonische Rechtsurkunden Des Ausgehenden 8. Und Des 7. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Vol. 34. Abhandlungen (Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse). München : Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; in Kommission bei Beck.

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 16:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-14 at 15:10:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 08/1, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P257583.
BE 08/1, 003 artifact entry (No. P257583). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257583 (Original work published 2005)
BE 08/1, 003 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257583 (Accessed: May 6, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {BE 08/1, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257583},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257583},
}


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