BE 08/1, 137 (P266468)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11305

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; w/nail marks; Cf. #12501; (Obv)14x(Rev)12 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Contract; w/nail marks; Cf. #12501; (Obv)14x(Rev)12 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P266468
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P266468

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment r. part

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 11305
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	585492
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.11305

References

primary: BE 8/1, 137

[Clay1908BE8/1] Clay, Albert Tobias. 1908. Legal and Commercial Transactions. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 8/1. Philadelphia.
history: BE 8/1, 150

[Clay1908BE8/1] Clay, Albert Tobias. 1908. Legal and Commercial Transactions. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 8/1. Philadelphia.

also published as CBS 11305 but that is CBS 12501

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	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 08/1, 137 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P266468.

BE 08/1, 137 artifact entry (No. P266468). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266468 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 137 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266468 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 08/1, 137 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266468},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266468},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P266468
LB  - CDLI:P266468
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - BE 08/1, 137 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P266468
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BE 08/1, 137 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P266468.

BE 08/1, 137 artifact entry (No. P266468). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266468 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 137 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266468 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 08/1, 137 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266468},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266468},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P266468
LB  - CDLI:P266468
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - BE 08/1, 137 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P266468
ER  -