BE 15, 070 & BE 14, pl. 15 (P259705)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 03331

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Official's salary; case tablet; seal impressions on all sides of case; tablet 4x2 lines; case 5x4 lines)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Official's salary; case tablet; seal impressions on all sides of case; tablet 4x2 lines; case 5x4 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P259705

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
Tablet + case

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 03331
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 578523
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.3331

References

Revisions and credits

Cite this Artifact

“BE 15, 070 & BE 14, Pl. 15 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259705.
BE 15, 070 & BE 14, pl. 15 artifact entry (No. P259705). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259705 (Original work published 2005)
BE 15, 070 & BE 14, pl. 15 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259705 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 15, 070 & {BE} 14, pl. 15 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259705},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259705},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P259705
LB  - CDLI:P259705
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - BE 15, 070 & BE 14, pl. 15 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259705
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BE 15, 070 & BE 14, Pl. 15 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259705.
BE 15, 070 & BE 14, pl. 15 artifact entry (No. P259705). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259705 (Original work published 2005)
BE 15, 070 & BE 14, pl. 15 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259705 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 15, 070 & {BE} 14, pl. 15 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259705},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259705},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P259705
LB  - CDLI:P259705
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - BE 15, 070 & BE 14, pl. 15 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259705
ER  - 
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