BE 14, 012 (P264112)

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 06604

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of incoming taxes; (Obv)22x(Rev)25 lines)

Language(s)

Middle Babylonian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Record of incoming taxes; (Obv)22x(Rev)25 lines)
Language(s)	Middle Babylonian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	Kurigalzu.04.06a
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P264112
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P264112

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment r. part&Lo. corners missing, 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 06604
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	522227
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.6604

References

primary: Balkan 1954 Kassitenstudien 1 , no. 1

[AOS37] Balkan, Kemal, ed. 1854. Kassitenstudien. I. Die Sprache Der Kassiten. Vol. 37. American Oriental Series. American Oriental Society.
primary: BE 14, 012

[Clay1906BE14] Clay, Albert Tobias. 1906. Documents from the Temple Archives of Nippur Dated in the Reigns of Cassite Rulers. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 14. Philadelphia. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14893.pdf.
history: MSKH 1, p.232

[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: Torczyner ATR, p. 62-64 no. 36

[Torczyner1913ATR] Torczyner, Harry. 1913. Altbabylonische Tempelrechnungen Nach A.T. Clay’s Kopien in the Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A, Vol. XIV and XV. Denkschriften Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Band 55/2. Wien: A. Hölder.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-10-19 at 19:18:56	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2024-07-23 at 18:37:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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

“BE 14, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P264112.

BE 14, 012 artifact entry (No. P264112). (2026, October 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264112 (Original work published 2005)

BE 14, 012 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264112 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264112},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 14, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P264112.

BE 14, 012 artifact entry (No. P264112). (2026, October 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264112 (Original work published 2005)

BE 14, 012 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264112 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {oct 19},
	title = {BE 14, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264112},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264112},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P264112
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - BE 14, 012 artifact entry
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