BE 17/1, 075 (P267220)

Letter tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 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 12582

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter [identification uncertain] (Royal letter or decree; (Obv)10x(Rev)6x(UE)3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: RE. &LoE. destoroyed,rev. mostly effaced
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  • Genre(s): Letter [identification uncertain] (Royal letter or decree; (Obv)10x(Rev)6x(UE)3 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: BE 17/1,, 075

    [Radau1908BE17/1] Radau, Hugo. 1908. Letters to the Cassite Kings from the Temple Archives of Nippur. Babylonian Expedition 17/1.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 12582
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 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
“BE 17/1, 075 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P267220.
BE 17/1, 075 artifact entry (No. P267220). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267220 (Original work published 2005)
BE 17/1, 075 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267220 (Accessed: May 6, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 17/1, 075 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267220},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267220},
}


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