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CBS 10996: CDLI photograph and RTI

DocumentCatalogue data under CDLI terms of use; photograph (c) Penn Museum, linked onlyMiddle Babylonian, c. 1400 to 1100 BCCopy of CBS 10996, the Nippur list of fourteen string pairs
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Middle Babylonian coefficient list from Nippur whose musical section pairs fourteen Akkadian names with pairs of string numbers (1-5, 7-5, 2-6 and so on). It gives the vocabulary of the h.6 notation; it does not say whether the two strings sound together or in turn. Penn Museum; photo and RTI on CDLI.

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, 1400. Catalogue data under CDLI terms of use; photograph (c) Penn Museum, linked only

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Cdli photograph and rticdli.earth · Catalogue data under CDLI terms of use; photograph (c) Penn Museum, linked onlyPrimary source: CDLI P254475: CBS 10996 (OrNS 29, 273), Nippur, Middle Babylonian1 step from the original

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Mysteries Department. (2026). CBS 10996: CDLI photograph and RTI [Copy CPY0DEDT7KYP1MQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0DEDT7KYP1MQ
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