BE 17/1, 007 (P260160)

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 03787

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter to My Lord;" 11x9 lines; 4x7.5x3 cm")

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (Letter to My Lord;" 11x9 lines; 4x7.5x3 cm")
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P260160
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P260160

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment from le. e. , encrusted with salt

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 03787
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	578953
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.3787

References

primary: BE 17/1,, 007

[Radau1908BE17/1] Radau, Hugo. 1908. Letters to the Cassite Kings from the Temple Archives of Nippur. Babylonian Expedition 17/1.

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 17/1, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260160.

BE 17/1, 007 artifact entry (No. P260160). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260160 (Original work published 2005)

BE 17/1, 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260160 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 17/1, 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260160},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260160},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 17/1, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260160.

BE 17/1, 007 artifact entry (No. P260160). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260160 (Original work published 2005)

BE 17/1, 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260160 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 17/1, 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260160},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260160},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P260160
LB  - CDLI:P260160
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - BE 17/1, 007 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260160
ER  -