BE 15, 190 (P259817)

Administrative 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 03443

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Payment of salaries; check marks; 44x42x36x22x30x22 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Payment of salaries; check marks; 44x42x36x22x30x22 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P259817
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P259817

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment lo. l. part, ruled, obv & rev 3 cols

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 03443
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	578631
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.3443

References

primary: BE 15, 190

[Clay1906BE15] Clay, Albert Tobias. 1906. Documents from the Archives of Nippur Dated in the Reigns of Cassite Rulers. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 15. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14894.pdf.
history: MSKH 1, p. 381

[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.

Revisions and credits

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
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 15, 190 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259817.

BE 15, 190 artifact entry (No. P259817). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259817 (Original work published 2005)

BE 15, 190 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259817 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259817},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 15, 190 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259817.

BE 15, 190 artifact entry (No. P259817). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259817 (Original work published 2005)

BE 15, 190 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259817 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 15, 190 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259817},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259817},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P259817
LB  - CDLI:P259817
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - BE 15, 190 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259817
ER  -