CBS 04903 (P261099)

Administrative 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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04903

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (List of grain assignments; seal impressions all over the surfaces; (Obv)12x(LoE)2x(Rev)6x(UE)2 lines)

Language(s)

Middle Babylonian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (List of grain assignments; seal impressions all over the surfaces; (Obv)12x(LoE)2x(Rev)6x(UE)2 lines)
Language(s)	Middle Babylonian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	3/XII/1
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P261099
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P261099

Physical information

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

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 04903
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	579939
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.4903

References

primary: Murai 2018 aklu, pp. 273-274

[Murai2018aklu] Murai, Nobuaki. 2018. Studies in the Aklu Documents of the Middle Babylonian Period. Leiden PhD Dissertation.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-06-02 at 10:35:46	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
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	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 04903 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P261099.

CBS 04903 artifact entry (No. P261099). (2026, June 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261099 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 04903 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261099 (Accessed: June 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CBS 04903 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P261099.

CBS 04903 artifact entry (No. P261099). (2026, June 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261099 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 04903 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261099 (Accessed: June 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261099},
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