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CBS 13796 (P268806)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 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 13796

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: envelope
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (4 lines)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: NATN, p. 37

[Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 13796
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.07.08
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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
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

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (166687) (166687)
Penn Museum (589550) (589550)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.13796) (CBS.13796)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

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Cite this Artifact

“CBS 13796 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268806.

CBS 13796 artifact entry (No. P268806). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268806 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 13796 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268806 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268806},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CBS 13796 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268806.

CBS 13796 artifact entry (No. P268806). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268806 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 13796 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268806 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CBS 13796 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268806},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268806},
}

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