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BE 01/1, 011 (P263580)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08757

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Mineral > Gypsum

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain] ((Obv)9x(Rev)7 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

113.0 mm × 72.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(u@c) 2(asz@c) tug2_ e2-ku-hi-na
2. _8(asz@c) tug2_ he-esz2-lu-hi-na
3. _6(asz@c) tug2_ e2-dam-mu
4. _5(asz@c) tug2_ gi-im-s,i-hi-na
5. _3(u@c) tug2_ HE2-sag
6. _2(asz@c) tug2_ ra-ba-tum(LAK494)
7. _1(u@c) tug2 ib2(LAK497)_ e2-dam-mu
8. _1(u@c) tug2 ib2(LAK497)_ he-esz2-lu-ki-na
reverse
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1. _3(asz@c) tug2 ib2(LAK497)_ e2-dam-mu!?-u3
2. _4(asz@c) tug2 HE2-DU_
3. _2(asz@c) tug2 nig2-la2_
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4. _szunigin 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 2(asz@c) tug2 hi-a_
5. szu-ut _e2_ AD2-tu-PI-in
6. a-na esz2-HAR-ri-in ib-ri2
7. ta2-di3-in
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Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Mineral > Gypsum
Measurements (mm): 113.0 high × 72.0 wide × 27.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description: 2 casts; copied by Hilprecht at Nippur on 8 April 1889
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative [identification uncertain] ((Obv)9x(Rev)7 lines)
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: BE 1/1, 011

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 08757
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Period Comments:
Pre-Classical Sargonic
Dates Referenced: Sargon.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:11	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2016-12-01 at 09:31:54	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (583448) (583448)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.8757) (CBS.8757)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 01/1, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P263580.

BE 01/1, 011 artifact entry (No. P263580). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263580 (Original work published 2005)

BE 01/1, 011 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263580 (Accessed: January 28, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 01/1, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263580},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263580},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 01/1, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P263580.

BE 01/1, 011 artifact entry (No. P263580). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263580 (Original work published 2005)

BE 01/1, 011 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263580 (Accessed: January 28, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 01/1, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263580},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263580},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P263580
LB  - CDLI:P263580
M1  - 2026/1/28/
TI  - BE 01/1, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P263580
ER  -