Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 03426 & CBS 03426aProvenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Contract; seal impr on tablet obv, rev and l.e., case on all sides except u. e.; case 18x18x2 lines; tablet 15x17(rev)x3(u.e.)x2(lo.e.)x1(l.e.) lines)Language(s)
-Measurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Legal (Contract; seal impr on tablet obv, rev and l.e., case on all sides except u. e.; case 18x18x2 lines; tablet 15x17(rev)x3(u.e.)x2(lo.e.)x1(l.e.) lines) |
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| Language(s) |
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced |
Hammurapi.37.11.00
Ha -/XI/37
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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 | P259800 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P259800 |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Dimensions | |
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
Tablet+envelope, tabl. u.e., env. u.&lo. pts wantg
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| Provenience | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
|---|---|
| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | |
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| Collection(s) |
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Museum Number | CBS 03426 & CBS 03426a |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
|---|---|
| Penn Museum (Penn) | 589416 + 589417 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | CBS.3426 + CBS.3426.A |
primary: BE 6/2, 14
| 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 2026-10-13]},
year = {2023},
month = {feb 1},
title = {BE 06/2, 014 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P259800},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259800},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2023/2/1/ PY - 2023 ID - P259800 LB - CDLI:P259800 M1 - 2026/10/13/ TI - BE 06/2, 014 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P259800 ER -