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CBS 06990 (P264404)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06990

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical [identification uncertain] (Forerunner Hh II; (Obv)(i)18x(ii)23x(iii)13x(iv)18 lines, (Rev)blank)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: lo. part &lu. corner missing, ruled, effaced
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  • Genre(s): Lexical [identification uncertain] (Forerunner Hh II; (Obv)(i)18x(ii)23x(iii)13x(iv)18 lines, (Rev)blank)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 06990
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CBS 06990 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P264404.
CBS 06990 artifact entry (No. P264404). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264404 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 06990 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264404 (Accessed: April 25, 2025).
@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CBS 06990 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264404},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264404},
}


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