CBS 06806 (P264258)

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 06806

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)3x(Rev)3(scribbles?) lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical [identification uncertain] (Grammatical; (Obv)3x(Rev)3(scribbles?) lines) School text
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P264258
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P264258

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment middle l. 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 06806
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	581521
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.6806
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P264258

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 06806 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P264258.

CBS 06806 artifact entry (No. P264258). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264258 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 06806 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264258 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264258},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 06806 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P264258.

CBS 06806 artifact entry (No. P264258). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264258 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 06806 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264258 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CBS 06806 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264258},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264258},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P264258
LB  - CDLI:P264258
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - CBS 06806 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P264258
ER  -