BE 08/1, 017 (P259951)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 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 03578

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (A record of an obligation which was drawn up to take the place of one which had disappeared from the creditor's house; 6x1x7x2(u.e.) lines; Aram. endorsement on l.e.)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (A record of an obligation which was drawn up to take the place of one which had disappeared from the creditor's house; 6x1x7x2(u.e.) lines; Aram. endorsement on l.e.)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.34.08.-- ? Nbk -/-/34
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P259951
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P259951

Physical information

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

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 03578
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	578747
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.3578

References

primary: BE 8/1, 017

[Clay1908BE8/1] Clay, Albert T. 1908. Legal and Commercial Transactions. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 8/1. Philadelphia.
history: (Aramaic endorsement p. 15, pl. IX no. 33 -- publ as CBS 3549)

[sec47934] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-13 at 20:25:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 017 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P259951.

BE 08/1, 017 artifact entry (No. P259951). (2025, December 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259951 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 017 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259951 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 13},
	title = {BE 08/1, 017 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259951},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259951},
}

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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 017 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P259951.

BE 08/1, 017 artifact entry (No. P259951). (2025, December 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259951 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 017 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259951 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 13},
	title = {BE 08/1, 017 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259951},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259951},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/13/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P259951
LB  - CDLI:P259951
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - BE 08/1, 017 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259951
ER  -