Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 03121 & CBS 03121aProvenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Receipt; case:seal impressions on all the sides; Tablet:(Obv)4x(LoE)3x(Rev)3x(UE)1 lines, Case:(Obv)5x(LoE)2x(Rev)4 lines)Language(s)
-Measurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Administrative (Receipt; case:seal impressions on all the sides; Tablet:(Obv)4x(LoE)3x(Rev)3x(UE)1 lines, Case:(Obv)5x(LoE)2x(Rev)4 lines) |
|---|---|
| Language(s) |
| Period | Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced |
2/IX/21
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| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | S999999 | - | - |
| CDLI number | P259494 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P259494 |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Dimensions | |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
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| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | |
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| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Museum Number | CBS 03121 & CBS 03121a |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
|---|---|
| Penn Museum (Penn) | 589394 + 589395 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | CBS.3121 |
primary: BE 15, 116
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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@misc{2023BE,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-10]},
year = {2023},
month = {feb 1},
title = {BE 15, 116 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P259494},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259494},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2023/2/1/ PY - 2023 ID - P259494 LB - CDLI:P259494 M1 - 2026/10/10/ TI - BE 15, 116 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P259494 ER -