BE 17/1, 076 (P260032)

Letter 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 03660

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter from father to son; 9x1 lines; 5x7.5x2.3 cm)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (Letter from father to son; 9x1 lines; 5x7.5x2.3 cm)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P260032
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P260032

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

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 03660
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	578826
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.3660

References

primary: BE 17/1,, 076

[Radau1908BE17/1] Radau, Hugo. 1908. Letters to the Cassite Kings from the Temple Archives of Nippur. Babylonian Expedition 17/1.
primary: Ridder Zomer ZA 111, 40 n16

[Ridder2021ZA111] Ridder, Jacob Jan de, and Elyze Zomer. 2021. “‘Next Time You Should Be More Friendly!’ The Value of Social Drinking in the Babylonian Letter BM 108890.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 111 (1): 38–46. https://doi.org/10.1515/za-2021-0005.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-02-16 at 12:15:26	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	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 Artifact

“BE 17/1, 076 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P260032.

BE 17/1, 076 artifact entry (No. P260032). (2025, February 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260032 (Original work published 2005)

BE 17/1, 076 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260032 (Accessed: May 19, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260032},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 17/1, 076 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P260032.

BE 17/1, 076 artifact entry (No. P260032). (2025, February 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260032 (Original work published 2005)

BE 17/1, 076 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260032 (Accessed: May 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 16},
	title = {BE 17/1, 076 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260032},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260032},
}

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M1  - 2026/5/19/
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