MUN 455 (P278013)

Administrative 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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 2945

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account?; 3x2 lines)

Language(s)

Middle Babylonian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Account?; 3x2 lines)
Language(s)	Middle Babylonian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P278013
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P278013

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment lower right corner

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 2945
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	571775
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.2945

References

primary: BAF 21 MUN, no. 455

[Sassmannshausen2001BAF21] Sassmannshausen, Leonhard. 2001. Beiträge Zur Verwaltung Und Gesellschaft Babyloniens in Der Kassitenzeit. Vol. 21. Baghdader Forschungen. Philip von Zabern.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-05-20 at 12:51:45	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
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MUN 455 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P278013.

MUN 455 artifact entry (No. P278013). (2025, May 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278013 (Original work published 2005)

MUN 455 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278013 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“MUN 455 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P278013.

MUN 455 artifact entry (No. P278013). (2025, May 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278013 (Original work published 2005)

MUN 455 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278013 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 20},
	title = {MUN 455 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278013},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278013},
}

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M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - MUN 455 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P278013
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