AfO 29/30, 034, N 5721 (P279802)

Tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 5721

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	School text
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P279802
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P279802

Physical information

lentil

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 5721
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	574619
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.5721
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P279802
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P279802

References

primary: AfO 29/30 (pp. 18-45), 034, N 5721

[Falkowitz1983AfO29/30] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1983-1984. “Round Old Babylonian School Tablets from Nippur.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 29/30: 18–45.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-12 at 10:16:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 08:05:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-07 at 13:50:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-05 at 18:26:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	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

“AfO 29/30, 034, N 5721 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P279802.

AfO 29/30, 034, N 5721 artifact entry (No. P279802). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279802 (Original work published 2005)

AfO 29/30, 034, N 5721 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279802 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 034, {N} 5721 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279802},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO 29/30, 034, N 5721 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P279802.

AfO 29/30, 034, N 5721 artifact entry (No. P279802). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279802 (Original work published 2005)

AfO 29/30, 034, N 5721 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279802 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 034, {N} 5721 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279802},
}

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