MUN 259 (P263628)

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 08806

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Temple record; (Obv)20x(Rev)13 lines)

Language(s)

Middle Babylonian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Temple record; (Obv)20x(Rev)13 lines)
Language(s)	Middle Babylonian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	KE -/V/3
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P263628
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P263628

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	lu. part missing, rlo. corner broken, ruled

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 08806
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	583479
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.8806

References

primary: BAF 21 MUN, no. 259

[Sassmannshausen2001BAF21] Sassmannshausen, Leonhard. 2001. Beiträge Zur Verwaltung Und Gesellschaft Babyloniens in Der Kassitenzeit. Vol. 21. Baghdader Forschungen. Philip von Zabern.
history: MSKH 1, p.196

[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
2025-07-17 at 13:35:49	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
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, 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

Cite this Artifact

“MUN 259 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P263628.

MUN 259 artifact entry (No. P263628). (2025, July 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263628 (Original work published 2005)

MUN 259 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263628 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“MUN 259 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P263628.

MUN 259 artifact entry (No. P263628). (2025, July 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263628 (Original work published 2005)

MUN 259 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263628 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 17},
	title = {MUN 259 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263628},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263628},
}

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