CBS 06669 + N 2965 (P264170)

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 06669 + N 2965

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv.practice names,Rev.illegible; (Obv)(i)12x(ii)10x(Rev)(iii)0x(iv)0 lines, 45 X 51 X 15+)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has fragments

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Obv.practice names,Rev.illegible; (Obv)(i)12x(ii)10x(Rev)(iii)0x(iv)0 lines, 45 X 51 X 15+) School text
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Peterson ZA 101, 260Peterson ZA 101, 260

CDLI number	P264170 P278031 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P264170

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment Fragmented LLo. part, LoE. mutilated, ruled

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 06669 + N 2965
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	581855 + 581856
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.6669 + N.2965
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P264170

References

history: PBS 11/3, p. 276 (dup.)

[Chiera1919PBS11/3] Chiera, Edward. 1919. Lists of Personal Names from the Temple School of Nippur: Lists of Sumerian Personal Names. Publications of the Babylonian Section 11/3.
history: ZA 101 (pp. 246–73), 260

[Peterson2011ZA101] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2011. “The Personal Name Lists in the Scribal Curriculum of Old Babylonian Nippur: An Overview.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 101: 246–73.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-16 at 14:41:15	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
2023-01-19 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

“CBS 06669 + N 2965 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P264170.

CBS 06669 + N 2965 artifact entry (No. P264170). (2024, June 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264170 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 06669 + N 2965 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264170 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 06669 + N 2965 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P264170.

CBS 06669 + N 2965 artifact entry (No. P264170). (2024, June 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264170 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 06669 + N 2965 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264170 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 16},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264170},
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