PBS 08/2, 210 (P258469)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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 01135

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract:receipt of money, the price of barley. Seal impressions.7x2x4 UE 3 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. _4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. a-na _sa10-am3 sze_-e
3. _ki_ {d}suen-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ {d}iszkur-szar-rum
4. {disz}ib-ba-tum _dumu_ a-ad-da-tum x
5. _szu ba-an-ti_
6. _u4 buru14-sze3_
7. a-na na-szi ka-ni-ki-szu
8. _ganba#_ i-ba-asz-szu-u2
9. [i-na] _kar#_ babila2{ki}
reverse
1. [_sze i3-ag2-e_]
2. _igi_ szum-ma-dingir _dumu_ ha-x-x-sza
3. _igi#_ ib#-ni-{d}suen _dumu_ e-t,e-rum
4. _igi_ x-x-x _dumu#_ it-ti-{d}iszkur-tak2#-la-ku
  single ruling
  blank space
5. _iti gu4!-si-sa2 u4 7(disz)-kam_
6. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du#-qa2 _lugal-e# sipa zi sze-ga {d}utu {d}amar-utu-bi-da-ke4_
seal 1
  illegible

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: fragments (2)
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract:receipt of money, the price of barley. Seal impressions.7x2x4 UE 3 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: PBS 8/2, 210

    [Chiera1922PBS8/2] Chiera, Edward. 1922. Old Babylonian Contracts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/2. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 01135
  • Accession No.:

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/2, 210 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P258469.
PBS 08/2, 210 artifact entry (No. P258469). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P258469 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 210 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P258469 (Accessed: April 6, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 210 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P258469},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P258469},
}

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