PBS 15, 55 (P269538)

Official or display 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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Metadata history
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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 14576

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Votive inscription of RN to Enlil; 4 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Votive inscription of RN to Enlil; 4 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) needed View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P269538

Physical information

disk

Artifact type Tablet
disk
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
Preservation fragment

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 14576
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 454149
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.14576

References

  • primary: PBS 15, 55

    [Legrain1926PBS15] Legrain, Léon. 1926. Royal Inscriptions and Fragments from Nippur and Babylon. Publications of the Babylonian Section 15. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

  • history: MSKH 1, p.264

    [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.

  • history: Sumer 10 (pp. 43-54), 050f.

    [El-Wailly1954Sumer10] El-Wailly, undefined. 1954. “Synopsis of Royal Sources of the Kassite Period.” Sumer 10: 43–54.

  • history: MIO 6, no.150

    [Jaritz1958MIO6] Jaritz, K. 1958. Quellen Zur Geschichte Der Kaššû-Dynastie. Vol. 6. Mitteilungen Des Instituts Für Orientforschung.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-10 at 09:49:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-10 at 09:47:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-09 at 16:22:53 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-09 at 15:46:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-09 at 15:45:05 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 15, 55 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269538.
PBS 15, 55 artifact entry (No. P269538). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269538 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 15, 55 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269538 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	month = {jul 10},
	title = {PBS 15, 55 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269538},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269538},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 15, 55 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269538.
PBS 15, 55 artifact entry (No. P269538). (2024, July 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269538 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 15, 55 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269538 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 10},
	title = {PBS 15, 55 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269538},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269538},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/28/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P269538
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