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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

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

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	Sgs
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P267220
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P267220

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment RE. &LoE. destoroyed,rev. mostly effaced

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 12582
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	586295
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.12582

References

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.

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 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: October 31, 2026).

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	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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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: October 31, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	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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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P267220
LB  - CDLI:P267220
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BE 17/1, 075 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P267220
ER  -