CBS 08245 (P263111)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08245

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Religious; (Obv)13x(Rev)few signs)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary (Religious; (Obv)13x(Rev)few signs)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P263111
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P263111

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment Ru. corner, rev. ruled in 9 lines

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 08245
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	583060
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.8245
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P263111
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P263111

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 08245 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P263111.

CBS 08245 artifact entry (No. P263111). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263111 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 08245 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263111 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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	month = {jun 15},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263111},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CBS 08245 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P263111.

CBS 08245 artifact entry (No. P263111). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263111 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 08245 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263111 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CBS 08245 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263111},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263111},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P263111
LB  - CDLI:P263111
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - CBS 08245 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P263111
ER  -