BE 09, 087 (P261502)

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 05308

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

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Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: obv. upper part damaged
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  • primary: BE 9, 087

    [Clay1898BE9] Hilprecht, Hermann V., and Albert T. Clay. 1898. Business Documents of Murashu Sons of Nippur Dated in the Reign of Artaxerxes I (464-426 B.C.). The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 9. Philadelphia.

  • history: Clay Aramaic Endorsements, p. 291, 303 no. 10

    [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.

    (Aramaic endorsment only)

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  • Museum No.: CBS 05308
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Artaxerxes1.24?/III/41
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
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
2022-11-09 at 22:17:41 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Lafont, Bertrand; Rattenborg, Rune Achemenet Rattenborg, Rune 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
“BE 09, 087 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P261502.
BE 09, 087 artifact entry (No. P261502). (2024, September 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261502 (Original work published 2005)
BE 09, 087 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261502 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 18},
	title = {BE 09, 087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P261502},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261502},
}


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