BE 01/2, 039 (P453440)

Official or display artifact excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 10050

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

-

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

290.0 mm × 210.0 mm × 195.0 mm

Witness

  • Artifact type: Artifact type comments:

    block, unworked

  • Material: Stone
  • Measurements (mm): 290.0 high × 210.0 wide × 195.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: Inscr. 103 x 60, 4 lines (orig. 8?)
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    block, unworked


  • primary: BE 1/2, 039

    [Hilprecht1896BE1/2] Hilprecht, Hermann V. 1896. Old Babylonian Inscriptions Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania: Series A Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1/2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1005492.

    Frayne, Douglas R., RIME 1.14.14.03a, ex. 01 incorrectly identifies this as BE 01/1, 023


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 10050
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level: c.10m below surface under the rooms of T. on the S.E. side of Z.
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-21 at 07:53:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2013-08-29 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) View the score

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 01/2, 039 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P453440.
BE 01/2, 039 artifact entry (No. P453440). (2024, August 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453440 (Original work published 2013)
BE 01/2, 039 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453440 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 21},
	title = {BE 01/2, 039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453440},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453440},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P453440
LB  - CDLI:P453440
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - BE 01/2, 039 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P453440
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 01/2, 039 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P453440.
BE 01/2, 039 artifact entry (No. P453440). (2024, August 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453440 (Original work published 2013)
BE 01/2, 039 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453440 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 21},
	title = {BE 01/2, 039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453440},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453440},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P453440
LB  - CDLI:P453440
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - BE 01/2, 039 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P453440
ER  - 
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