BE 15, 199 (P259820)

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

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Photo

Lineart

RTI (obverse)

RTI (reverse)

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 03446

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of collections; 22x23 lines)

Language(s)

Middle Babylonian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Record of collections; 22x23 lines)
Language(s)	Middle Babylonian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P259820
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P259820

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	lo. r. corner wanting, ruled

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 03446
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	521947
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.3446

References

primary: BE 15, 199

[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.
citation: AJSL 23 (pp. 280-322), p. 304

[Luckenbill1907AJSL23] Luckenbill, Daniel D. 1907. “A Study of the Temple Documents from the Cassite Period.” American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 23 (4): 280–322.
citation: Torczyner ATR, p. 52

[Torczyner1913ATR] Torczyner, Harry. 1913. Altbabylonische Tempelrechnungen Nach A.T. Clay’s Kopien in the Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A, Vol. XIV and XV. Denkschriften Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Band 55/2. Wien: A. Hölder.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-12-19 at 16:54:49	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	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 15, 199 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P259820.

BE 15, 199 artifact entry (No. P259820). (2024, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259820 (Original work published 2005)

BE 15, 199 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259820 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259820},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 15, 199 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P259820.

BE 15, 199 artifact entry (No. P259820). (2024, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259820 (Original work published 2005)

BE 15, 199 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259820 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {BE 15, 199 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259820},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259820},
}

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DA  - 2024/12/19/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P259820
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - BE 15, 199 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259820
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