BE 14, 035 (P259415)

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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Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 03042

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt for horse feed; 4 nail marks on the left edge; (Obv)6x(LoE)1x(Rev)5x(UE)1 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Receipt for horse feed; 4 nail marks on the left edge; (Obv)6x(LoE)1x(Rev)5x(UE)1 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	Kurig 16/X/21
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P259415
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P259415

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 03042
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	578256
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.3042

References

primary: BE 14, 035

[Clay1906BE14] Clay, Albert Tobias. 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.
primary: Paulus 2020 SANER 24 Turn!, 229-230

[Paulus2020SANER24] Paulus, Susanne. 2020. “Turn! Turn! Turn! – A Kassite Administrative Term with a Legal Connotation.” Edited by Susanne Paulus and Tim Clayden, Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records, 24: 228–52.
primary: Torczyner ATR, p.. 94 no. 71

[Torczyner1913ATR] Torczyner, Harry. 1913. Altbabylonische Tempelrechnungen Nach A.T. Clay’s Kopien in the Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A, Vol. XIV and XV. Denkschriften Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Band 55/2. Wien: A. Hölder.
history: MSKH 1, p.238

[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
2025-09-08 at 06:21:19	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2025-09-08 at 06:20:50	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2025-09-07 at 16:18:22	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BE 14, 035 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P259415.

BE 14, 035 artifact entry (No. P259415). (2025, September 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259415 (Original work published 2005)

BE 14, 035 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259415 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259415},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 14, 035 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P259415.

BE 14, 035 artifact entry (No. P259415). (2025, September 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259415 (Original work published 2005)

BE 14, 035 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259415 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 8},
	title = {BE 14, 035 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259415},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259415},
}

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M1  - 2026/10/13/
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