CBS 06784 (P264240)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06784

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical [identification uncertain] (Grammatical; (Obv)(i)4x(ii)5 lines, (Rev)partial signs)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical [identification uncertain] (Grammatical; (Obv)(i)4x(ii)5 lines, (Rev)partial signs) School text
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P264240
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P264240

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment center part, 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 06784
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	581500
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.6784
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P264240

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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 06784 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P264240.

CBS 06784 artifact entry (No. P264240). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264240 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 06784 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264240 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264240},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 06784 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P264240.

CBS 06784 artifact entry (No. P264240). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264240 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 06784 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264240 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CBS 06784 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264240},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264240},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - CBS 06784 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P264240
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