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Entrepreneurs 012 (P267442)

Tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 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 12841

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: frags(14),joined,nearly complete,Ru. cnr. *
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Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Stolper Entrepreneurs, 012

[Stolper1985Entrepreneurs] Stolper, Matthew W. 1985. Entrepreneurs and Empire : The Murašû Archive, the Murašu̧ Firm, and Persian Rule in Babylonia. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut Te İstanbul 54.
history: PBS 14, 0877, 0883, 0884, 0891

[Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 12841
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Artaxerxes1.37.08.13
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-03 at 12:37:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-06 at 14:42:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (586510) (586510)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.12841) (CBS.12841)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Entrepreneurs 012 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 3, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P267442.

Entrepreneurs 012 artifact entry (No. P267442). (2026, January 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267442 (Original work published 2005)

Entrepreneurs 012 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267442 (Accessed: February 22, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-22]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 3},
	title = {Entrepreneurs 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267442},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267442},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Entrepreneurs 012 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 3, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P267442.

Entrepreneurs 012 artifact entry (No. P267442). (2026, January 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267442 (Original work published 2005)

Entrepreneurs 012 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267442 (Accessed: February 22, 2026).

@misc{2026Entrepreneurs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-22]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 3},
	title = {Entrepreneurs 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267442},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267442},
}

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TI  - Entrepreneurs 012 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P267442
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