AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06523 (P264087)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06523

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical [identification uncertain] (Fore XVI 109-109a, type C-1?; (Obv)4 lines, (Rev)blank)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical [identification uncertain] (Fore XVI 109-109a, type C-1?; (Obv)4 lines, (Rev)blank) School text
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P264087
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P264087

Physical information

lentil

Artifact type	Tablet lentil
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 06523
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	581261
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.6523
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P264087
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P264087

References

primary: AfO 29/30 (pp. 18-45), 025, CBS 06523

[Falkowitz1983AfO29/30] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1983-1984. “Round Old Babylonian School Tablets from Nippur.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 29/30: 18–45.
history: OIP 11, p.15 (unpub. dup.)

[Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 11. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-12 at 10:16:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 08:05:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-07 at 13:50:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-05 at 18:26:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	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	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 Artifacts

“AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06523 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P264087.

AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06523 artifact entry (No. P264087). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264087 (Original work published 2005)

AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06523 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264087 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 025, {CBS} 06523 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264087},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264087},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06523 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P264087.

AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06523 artifact entry (No. P264087). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264087 (Original work published 2005)

AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06523 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264087 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 025, {CBS} 06523 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264087},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264087},
}

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