CBS 08721 (P263540)

Administrative 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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08721

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Temple record, from 16/III/2 to 5/IV/2; seal impressions all over the surfaces(seal w/inscription); (Obv)7x(Rev)0 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Temple record, from 16/III/2 to 5/IV/2; seal impressions all over the surfaces(seal w/inscription); (Obv)7x(Rev)0 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	KE 5/IV/2
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P263540
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P263540

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	upper left corner broken, rev. blank

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 08721
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	454260
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.8721

References

history: MSKH 1, p.194

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
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	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 08721 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P263540.

CBS 08721 artifact entry (No. P263540). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263540 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 08721 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263540 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CBS 08721 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P263540.

CBS 08721 artifact entry (No. P263540). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263540 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 08721 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263540 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263540},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263540},
}

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