BE 17/1, 083 (P259689)

Letter 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 03315

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter from m Erish-apal-iddina to m In-na-an-ni; 18x19 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (Letter from m Erish-apal-iddina to m In-na-an-ni; 18x19 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P259689
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P259689

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	obv r. side and rev. u. r. corner wanting

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 03315
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	578508
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.3315

References

primary: BE 17/1,, 083

[Radau1908BE17/1] Radau, Hugo. 1908. Letters to the Cassite Kings from the Temple Archives of Nippur. Babylonian Expedition 17/1.
citation: Zimmermann HAR 4

[Zimmermann2023HAR4] Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô. 2023. “Attā Ammīni Tašappara, „Du, Warum Schreibst Du Mir?“ Verfasserinnen Kassitenzeitlicher Briefe – 1. Teil.” Hungarian Assyriological Review 4 (1): 37–80. https://doi.org/10.52093/hara-202301-00035-000.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-10-13 at 20:31:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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 17/1, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P259689.

BE 17/1, 083 artifact entry (No. P259689). (2026, October 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259689 (Original work published 2005)

BE 17/1, 083 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259689 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {oct 13},
	title = {BE 17/1, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259689},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 17/1, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P259689.

BE 17/1, 083 artifact entry (No. P259689). (2026, October 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259689 (Original work published 2005)

BE 17/1, 083 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259689 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {oct 13},
	title = {BE 17/1, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259689},
}

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M1  - 2026/10/18/
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