BE 14, 049 (P259379)

Legal 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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 03006

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Promissory note; 7 nail marks on LE.; (Obv)4x(Rev)6x(UE)2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Promissory note; 7 nail marks on LE.; (Obv)4x(Rev)6x(UE)2 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nzm -/-/19
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P259379
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P259379

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 03006
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	578223
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.3006

References

primary: BE 14, 049

[Clay1906BE14] Clay, Albert T. 1906. Documents from the Temple Archives of Nippur Dated in the Reigns of Cassite Rulers. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 14. Philadelphia. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14893.pdf.
history: MSKH 1, p.278

[Brinkman1976MSKH1] Brinkman, John A. 1976. A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty. Materials and Studies for Kassite History 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 18:37:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BE 14, 049 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P259379.

BE 14, 049 artifact entry (No. P259379). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259379 (Original work published 2005)

BE 14, 049 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259379 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {BE 14, 049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259379},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P259379
LB  - CDLI:P259379
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - BE 14, 049 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259379
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BE 14, 049 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P259379.

BE 14, 049 artifact entry (No. P259379). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259379 (Original work published 2005)

BE 14, 049 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259379 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {BE 14, 049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259379},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P259379
LB  - CDLI:P259379
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - BE 14, 049 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259379
ER  -