BE 15, 050 (P453354)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 03176bis

Period

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of a debt)

Language(s)

Measurements

40.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Record of a debt)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced	year 15.11.00
Accounting Period

Record

BE 15, 048c matches the photo of CBS 3176, however, BE 15, 050 is also listed as CBS 3176 although it is clearly a different tablet.

CDLI number	P453354
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P453354

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	40.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	inscr. 6(o.) + 2(l.e.) + 5(r.) = 13 li.

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 03176bis
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.3176bis

References

primary: BE 15, 050

[Clay1906BE15] Clay, Albert Tobias. 1906. Documents from the Archives of Nippur Dated in the Reigns of Cassite Rulers. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 15. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14894.pdf.
primary: Paulus 2025 GS Soldt, 273-274

[Paulus2025GSSoldt] Paulus, Susanne. 2025. “Loans and Debt in Kassite Rural Babylonia.” Edited by Rients de Boer and Elyze Zomer. Memorial Volume Wilfred H. Van Soldt, Publications de l’Institut historique-archéologique néerlandais de Stamboul , 136: 231–84.
primary: Torczyner ATR, no. 103

[Torczyner1913ATR] Torczyner, Harry. 1913. Altbabylonische Tempelrechnungen Nach A.T. Clay’s Kopien in the Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A, Vol. XIV and XV. Denkschriften Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Band 55/2. Wien: A. Hölder.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-22 at 17:33:08	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2013-08-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BE 15, 050 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 22, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P453354.

BE 15, 050 artifact entry (No. P453354). (2026, March 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453354 (Original work published 2013)

BE 15, 050 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453354 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

@misc{2026BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 22},
	title = {BE 15, 050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453354},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453354},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/3/22/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P453354
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M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - BE 15, 050 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BE 15, 050 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 22, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P453354.

BE 15, 050 artifact entry (No. P453354). (2026, March 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453354 (Original work published 2013)

BE 15, 050 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453354 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

@misc{2026BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 22},
	title = {BE 15, 050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453354},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453354},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/3/22/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P453354
LB  - CDLI:P453354
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - BE 15, 050 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P453354
ER  -