Entrepreneurs 004 (P261191)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 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 04998

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Aram. inscription incised on Rev. Hilprecht?, (Obv)8x(Rev)3 lines, labels (UE)2x(LE)2 lines, seal impressions on UE.& LE.)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: upper part
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Aram. inscription incised on Rev. Hilprecht?, (Obv)8x(Rev)3 lines, labels (UE)2x(LE)2 lines, seal impressions on UE.& LE.)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: Stolper Entrepreneurs, 004

    [Stolper1985Entrepreneurs] Stolper, Matthew W. 1985. Entrepreneurs and Empire : The Murašû Archive, the Murašu̧ Firm, and Persian Rule in Babylonia. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut Te İstanbul 54.

  • history: Clay Aramaic Endorsements, p. 298, 316 no. 49

    [Clay1908AramaicEndorsements] Clay, Albert T. 1908. “Aramaic Endorsements on the Documents of the Murašu Sons.” In Old Testament and Semitic Studies in Memory of William Rainey Harper. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

    (Aram.only)


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  • Museum No.: CBS 04998
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Darius2.30/-/2
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-18 at 19:33:33 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-06 at 14:42:52 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-23 at 18:45:51 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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Cite this Artifact

“Entrepreneurs 004  Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P261191.
Entrepreneurs 004  artifact entry (No. P261191). (2024, September 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261191 (Original work published 2005)
Entrepreneurs 004  artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261191 (Accessed: October 2, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 18},
	title = {Entrepreneurs 004  artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261191},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Entrepreneurs 004  Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P261191.
Entrepreneurs 004  artifact entry (No. P261191). (2024, September 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261191 (Original work published 2005)
Entrepreneurs 004  artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261191 (Accessed: October 2, 2025).
@misc{2024Entrepreneurs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 18},
	title = {Entrepreneurs 004  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P261191},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261191},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/18/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P261191
LB  - CDLI:P261191
M1  - 2025/10/2/
TI  - Entrepreneurs 004  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P261191
ER  - 
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