BE 14, 007 (P267515)

Purchase and sale contracts 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 12913

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts

Language(s)

Middle Babylonian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts
Language(s)	Middle Babylonian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	Burna-Buriash.19.08.10
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P267515
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P267515

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	rlo. corner missing, ruled

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 12913
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	356445
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.12913

References

primary: BE 14, 007

[Clay1906BE14] Clay, Albert T. 1906. Documents from the Temple Archives of Nippur Dated in the Reigns of Cassite Rulers. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 14. Philadelphia. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14893.pdf.
history: MSKH 1, p.113

[Brinkman1976MSKH1] Brinkman, John A. 1976. A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty. Materials and Studies for Kassite History 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago.
citation: HG 3, no. 434

[Kohler1909HG3] Kohler, Josef, and Arthur Ungnad. 1909. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band III: Übersetzte Urkunden, Erläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
citation: AJSL 23 (pp. 280-322), 290

[Luckenbill1907AJSL23] Luckenbill, Daniel D. 1907. “A Study of the Temple Documents from the Cassite Period.” American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 23 (4): 280–322.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-07-01 at 07:04:57	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2025-07-01 at 07:01:29	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2025-07-01 at 07:01:05	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2024-07-23 at 18:37:52	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

Cite this Artifact

“BE 14, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P267515.

BE 14, 007 artifact entry (No. P267515). (2025, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267515 (Original work published 2005)

BE 14, 007 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267515 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267515},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 14, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P267515.

BE 14, 007 artifact entry (No. P267515). (2025, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267515 (Original work published 2005)

BE 14, 007 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267515 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 1},
	title = {BE 14, 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267515},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267515},
}

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