N 4029 (P278954)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 4029

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; seals; labels; 11x12 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Contract; seals; labels; 11x12 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P278954
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P278954

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment left edge

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 4029
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	572757
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.4029

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
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

“N 4029 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P278954.

N 4029 artifact entry (No. P278954). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278954 (Original work published 2005)

N 4029 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278954 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278954},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“N 4029 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P278954.

N 4029 artifact entry (No. P278954). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278954 (Original work published 2005)

N 4029 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278954 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {N 4029 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278954},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278954},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P278954
LB  - CDLI:P278954
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - N 4029 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P278954
ER  -