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

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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)

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  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Letter (Letter from father to son; 9x1 lines; 5x7.5x2.3 cm)
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  • 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

    [Ridder_ZomerZA111] 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.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 16},
	title = {BE 17/1, 076 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260032},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260032},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/2/16/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P260032
LB  - CDLI:P260032
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - BE 17/1, 076 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260032
ER  - 

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: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 16},
	title = {BE 17/1, 076 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260032},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260032},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/2/16/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P260032
LB  - CDLI:P260032
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - BE 17/1, 076 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260032
ER  - 
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