BE 01/1, 055 (P263476)

Official or display axe 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, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08671a

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Axe

Material(s)

Glass

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Votive inscription of RN to Ninurta; refering to Kurig. as his father; 4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

47.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Witness

Text

object axe head
surface a
1. [{d}]en#-lil2#!
2. [lugal]-a-ni-ir#
3. [na-zi]-ma#-ru-ut-ta-asz
4. [dumu ku-ri]-gal#!-zu
5. [in-na-ba]

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Votive inscription of RN to Ninurta; refering to Kurig. as his father; 4 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P263476

Physical information

axe head

Artifact type Axe
axe head
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 17.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Glass
Preservation fragment

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 08671a
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 454053
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.8671.A
Corpus of Kassite Sumerian Texts (CKST) P263476
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P263476

References

  • primary: BE 1/1, 055

    [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. 240, 263f

    [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), 050f.

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

  • history: MIO 6, 151, 154

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

  • history: PBS 15, 56, p.31

    [Legrain1926PBS15] Legrain, Léon. 1926. Royal Inscriptions and Fragments from Nippur and Babylon. Publications of the Babylonian Section 15. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-10 at 09:49:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-10 at 09:47:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-09 at 16:22:53 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-09 at 15:46:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-09 at 15:45:05 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2015-10-26 at 09:58:26 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 01/1, 055 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P263476.
BE 01/1, 055 artifact entry (No. P263476). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263476 (Original work published 2005)
BE 01/1, 055 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263476 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 10},
	title = {BE 01/1, 055 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263476},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263476},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 01/1, 055 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P263476.
BE 01/1, 055 artifact entry (No. P263476). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263476 (Original work published 2005)
BE 01/1, 055 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263476 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 10},
	title = {BE 01/1, 055 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263476},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263476},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P263476
LB  - CDLI:P263476
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - BE 01/1, 055 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P263476
ER  -
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