BE 06/2, 009 (P266781)

Legal tablet & envelope 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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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11640

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; (Obv)12x(Rev)9 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Contract; (Obv)12x(Rev)9 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P266781

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
Case tablet, w/tablet inside

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 11640
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 589507 + 589508
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.11640

References

  • primary: BE 6/2, 9

    [Poebel1909BE6/2] Poebel, Arno. 1909. Babylonian Legal and Business Documents from the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon, Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts 6/2. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology.

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 View
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 View

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 06/2, 009 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P266781.
BE 06/2, 009 artifact entry (No. P266781). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266781 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/2, 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266781 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/2, 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266781},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266781},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P266781
LB  - CDLI:P266781
M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - BE 06/2, 009 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P266781
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 06/2, 009 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P266781.
BE 06/2, 009 artifact entry (No. P266781). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266781 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/2, 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266781 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/2, 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266781},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266781},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P266781
LB  - CDLI:P266781
M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - BE 06/2, 009 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P266781
ER  -
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