JCS 53, 86 no. 1 (P293067)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 06148

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

52.0 mm × 73.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Artaxerxes1.18.06.26 ?
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P293067
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P293067

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	52.0 mm × 73.0 mm × 25.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	NBC 06148
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-009129
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.6148

References

history: JCS 53 (pp. 83-132), 086 no. 1

[Stolper2001JCS53] Stolper, Matthew W. 2001. “Fifth Century Nippur: Texts of the Murašûs and from Their Surroundings.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 53 (1): 83–132. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359979.
citation: CBCY 1, p. 55 NBC 6148

[Beaulieu1994CBCY1] Beaulieu, Paul-Alain. 1994. Late Babylonian Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 1. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-20 at 11:48:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-01 at 13:23:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 53, 86 No. 1 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P293067.

JCS 53, 86 no. 1 artifact entry (No. P293067). (2026, January 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293067 (Original work published 2006)

JCS 53, 86 no. 1 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293067 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“JCS 53, 86 No. 1 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P293067.

JCS 53, 86 no. 1 artifact entry (No. P293067). (2026, January 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293067 (Original work published 2006)

JCS 53, 86 no. 1 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293067 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 20},
	title = {JCS 53, 86 no. 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P293067},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293067},
}

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