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BE 01/1, 045 (P263464)

Official or display tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08665a

Period

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Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness An inscription mentioning RN & DN (d)nin-en-lil2; 2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

20.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Witness

  • Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:

    Lapis lazuli tablet with two holes

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
  • Measurements (mm): 20.0 high × 26.0 wide
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  • Artifact comments:

    Lapis lazuli tablet with two holes

  • primary: BE 1/1, 045

    [Hilprecht1893BE1/1] Hilprecht, Hermann V. 1893. Old Babylonian Texts Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania: Series A Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1/1. Philadelphia. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1005411.

  • history: MSKH 1, p. 223

    [Brinkman1976MSKH1] Brinkman, John A. 1976. A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty. Materials and Studies for Kassite History 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago.

  • history: Sumer 10 (pp. 43-54), 048

    [El-Wailly1954Sumer10] El-Wailly, undefined. 1954. “Synopsis of Royal Sources of the Kassite Period.” Sumer 10: 43–54.

  • history: MIO 6, 117

    [Jaritz1958MIO6] Jaritz, K. 1958. Quellen Zur Geschichte Der Kaššû-Dynastie. Vol. 6. Mitteilungen Des Instituts Für Orientforschung.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 08665a
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-10 at 09:49:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 09:48:56 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 09:47:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-09 at 16:22:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune 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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 01/1, 045 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P263464.
BE 01/1, 045 artifact entry (No. P263464). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263464 (Original work published 2005)
BE 01/1, 045 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263464 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 10},
	title = {BE 01/1, 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263464},
}


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