CBS 04548 (P260862)

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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Metadata history
Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04548

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Axe

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display [identification uncertain] (witness votive inscription)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display [identification uncertain] (witness votive inscription)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P260862

Physical information

axe head, fake

Artifact type Axe
axe head, fake
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
Preservation fragment

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 04548
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 454039
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.4548

References

  • history: MSKH 1, p.263

    [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.

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 View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 04548 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260862.
CBS 04548 artifact entry (No. P260862). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260862 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 04548 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260862 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 04548 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260862},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260862},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CBS 04548 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260862.
CBS 04548 artifact entry (No. P260862). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260862 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 04548 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260862 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 04548 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260862},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260862},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P260862
LB  - CDLI:P260862
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - CBS 04548 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260862
ER  -
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