BE 14, 106 (P259447)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 03074

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Record of a loan w/promissory condition; (Obv)9x(Rev)7 lines)

Language(s)

Middle Babylonian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: rlo. corner broken
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Record of a loan w/promissory condition; (Obv)9x(Rev)7 lines)
  • Language(s): Middle Babylonian

  • primary: BE 14, 106

    [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.

  • primary: AJSL 23 (pp. 280-322), 293-294

    [Luckenbill1907AJSL23] Luckenbill, Daniel D. 1907. “A Study of the Temple Documents from the Cassite Period.” American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 23 (4): 280–322.

  • primary: Paulus 2020 SANER 24 Turn!, 245-246

    [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.

  • history: MSKH 1, p.160

    [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.

  • history: Torczyner ATR, p. 96 no. 77

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 03074
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-09-08 at 06:23:25 de Ridder, Jacob Jan Artifact metadata de Ridder, Jacob Jan de Ridder, Jacob Jan Approved View
2025-09-07 at 17:56:01 de Ridder, Jacob Jan Artifact metadata de Ridder, Jacob Jan de Ridder, Jacob Jan Approved View
2024-07-23 at 18:37:52 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
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 View

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 14, 106 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P259447.
BE 14, 106 artifact entry (No. P259447). (2025, September 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259447 (Original work published 2005)
BE 14, 106 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259447 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).
@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 8},
	title = {BE 14, 106 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259447},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259447},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/9/8/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P259447
LB  - CDLI:P259447
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - BE 14, 106 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259447
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 14, 106 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P259447.
BE 14, 106 artifact entry (No. P259447). (2025, September 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259447 (Original work published 2005)
BE 14, 106 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259447 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).
@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 8},
	title = {BE 14, 106 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259447},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259447},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/9/8/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P259447
LB  - CDLI:P259447
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - BE 14, 106 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259447
ER  -
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