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CBS 03955 (P260283)

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 03955

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter? 18x26 lines)

Language(s)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: from center of thick tablet
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  • Genre(s): Letter (Letter? 18x26 lines)
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  • Museum No.: CBS 03955
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CBS 03955 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260283.
CBS 03955 artifact entry (No. P260283). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260283 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 03955 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260283 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 03955 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260283},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260283},
}


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