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MUN 012 (P267517)

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 12915

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

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Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Condition Description: ru. corner missing, effaced
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BAF 21 MUN, no. 12

[Sassmannshausen2001BAF21] Sassmannshausen, Leonhard. 2001. Beiträge Zur Verwaltung Und Gesellschaft Babyloniens in Der Kassitenzeit. Vol. 21. Baghdader Forschungen. Philip von Zabern.
history: MSKH 1, pp.192,202

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 12915
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-04 at 14:30:14	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	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 (586579) (586579)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.12915) (CBS.12915)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MUN 012 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P267517.

MUN 012 artifact entry (No. P267517). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267517 (Original work published 2005)

MUN 012 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267517 (Accessed: February 7, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {MUN 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267517},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267517},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MUN 012 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P267517.

MUN 012 artifact entry (No. P267517). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267517 (Original work published 2005)

MUN 012 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267517 (Accessed: February 7, 2026).

@misc{2024MUN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {MUN 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267517},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267517},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P267517
LB  - CDLI:P267517
M1  - 2026/2/7/
TI  - MUN 012 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P267517
ER  -