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

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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)
Accounting Period

Record

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 Action
2026-06-02 at 10:35:46 de Ridder, Jacob Jan Artifact metadata de Ridder, Jacob Jan de Ridder, Jacob Jan Approved View
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 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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