PBS 08/2, 159 (P262267)

Legal tablet 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 07237

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract (rare); Purchase of a donkey; seal impressions all over the surfaces; (Obv)11x(LoE)2x(Rev)10 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: center broken
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract (rare); Purchase of a donkey; seal impressions all over the surfaces; (Obv)11x(LoE)2x(Rev)10 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian, Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 159

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

  • history: MSKH 1, p.161

    [Brinkman1976MSKH1] Brinkman, John A. 1976. A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty. Materials and Studies for Kassite History 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 07237
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

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

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/2, 159 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P262267.
PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry (No. P262267). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P262267 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P262267 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P262267},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P262267},
}


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