N 4016 (P278947)

Tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 4016

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced	Ashurbanipal.38.03.20 RN? 20/III/38
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P278947
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P278947

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 4016
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	572491
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.4016

References

citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), J.38

[Brinkman1983JCS35] Brinkman, John A., and Douglas A. Kennedy. 1983. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: A Survey of Dated Babylonian Economic Texts, 721-626 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35 (1–2): 1–90.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-26 at 15:25:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-15 at 17:44:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-13 at 10:36:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact 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
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“N 4016 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P278947.

N 4016 artifact entry (No. P278947). (2025, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278947 (Original work published 2005)

N 4016 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278947 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“N 4016 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P278947.

N 4016 artifact entry (No. P278947). (2025, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278947 (Original work published 2005)

N 4016 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278947 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278947},
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