CBS 04251 (P260568)

Legal tablet dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04251

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; 4 lines; only 1 side insc)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Contract; 4 lines; only 1 side insc)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P260568
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P260568

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 04251
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	579391
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.4251

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

“CBS 04251 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260568.

CBS 04251 artifact entry (No. P260568). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260568 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 04251 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260568 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 04251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260568},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260568},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P260568
LB  - CDLI:P260568
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - CBS 04251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260568
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 04251 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260568.

CBS 04251 artifact entry (No. P260568). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260568 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 04251 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260568 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 04251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260568},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260568},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P260568
LB  - CDLI:P260568
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - CBS 04251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260568
ER  -