PBS 15, 52 (P260857)

Official or display axe 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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04543 + CBS 04547 + CBS 04549 + CBS 04558

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Axe

Material(s)

Glass

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display [identification uncertain] (witness votive inscription; A fagment numbered 5449 is attached to CBS4543, however, CBS 5449 is used for a tablet! The number should be erased from the fragment.))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Axe Artifact type comments:

    axe head

  • Material: Glass
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • Artifact comments:

    axe head

  • Genre(s): Official or display [identification uncertain] (witness votive inscription; A fagment numbered 5449 is attached to CBS4543, however, CBS 5449 is used for a tablet! The number should be erased from the fragment.))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 15, 52

    [Legrain1926PBS15] Legrain, Léon. 1926. Royal Inscriptions and Fragments from Nippur and Babylon. Publications of the Babylonian Section 15. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

  • history: MSKH 1, pp.263, 240

    [Brinkman1976MSKH1] Brinkman, John A. 1976. A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty. Materials and Studies for Kassite History 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago.

  • history: MIO 6, no.139

    [Jaritz1958MIO6] Jaritz, K. 1958. Quellen Zur Geschichte Der Kaššû-Dynastie. Vol. 6. Mitteilungen Des Instituts Für Orientforschung.

  • history: Hallo BiOr 20 141, n.88

    [sec48093] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 04543 + CBS 04547 + CBS 04549 + CBS 04558
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-10 at 09:47:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-09 at 16:22:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) View the score

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CDLI Notes:

P260857 leadP260857 lead

Cite this Artifact
“PBS 15, 52 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P260857.
PBS 15, 52 artifact entry (No. P260857). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260857 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 15, 52 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260857 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 10},
	title = {PBS 15, 52 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260857},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260857},
}


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