Official or display 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
Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 08663aProvenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletGenre / Subgenre(s)
Official or display (witness 2 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
18.0 mm × 12.0 mmWitness
| Genre(s) | Official or display (witness 2 lines) |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) |
|---|---|
| Dates Referenced |
[Kurigal]zu
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| Accounting Period |
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Composite Number | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) | needed | View the score |
| CDLI number | P263460 |
|---|---|
| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P263460 |
| Artifact type | Tablet |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 18.0 mm × 12.0 mm |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli |
| Preservation |
fragment
ruled
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| Provenience | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
|---|---|
| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | |
| Findspot | |
| Stratigraphic Level | |
| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
|---|---|
| Museum Number | CBS 08663a |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
|---|---|
| Penn Museum (Penn) | 454154 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | CBS.8663.A |
primary: BE 1/1, 042
history: MSKH 1, p. 223
history: MIO 6, 114
(wrongly numbered as 8683)
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-10 at 09:47:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-09 at 16:22:53 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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@misc{2024BE,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 10},
title = {BE 01/1, 042 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P263460},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263460},
}
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