AbB 11, 087 (P258175)

Letter tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00721

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Order. Copied by M. Stol. 6x1 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. [x] ma x [...]
3. [x] x [x]
4. [x] U [x]
5. _5(disz) dug_ U2/SA BI [(x)]
6. _1(disz) dug i3-dub_
7. _1(disz) dug a-gesztin-na_
8. sza# ma-ah-ri-ka
9. i-di-in-szum-ma
10. a-na ma-ah-ri!(RA)-ia
reverse
1. li-ib-lam
  single ruling

Text content

Genre(s) Letter (Order. Copied by M. Stol. 6x1 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P258175

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 00721
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 576924
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.721
Archives Babyloniennes (ARCHIBAB) 14002

References

  • primary: AbB 11, 87

    [Stol1986AbB11] Stol, Marten. 1986. Letters from Collections in Philadelphia, Chicago and Berkeley. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 11. Leiden: Brill.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-11 at 14:10:37 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune Archives Babyloniennes Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2022-08-03 at 14:43:28 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2019-03-24 at 07:23:49 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration de Ridder, Alba CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“AbB 11, 087 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258175.
AbB 11, 087 artifact entry (No. P258175). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258175 (Original work published 2005)
AbB 11, 087 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258175 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 11, 087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258175},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258175},
}


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TI  - AbB 11, 087 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“AbB 11, 087 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258175.
AbB 11, 087 artifact entry (No. P258175). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258175 (Original work published 2005)
AbB 11, 087 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258175 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
@misc{2023AbB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 11, 087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258175},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258175},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258175
LB  - CDLI:P258175
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - AbB 11, 087 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258175
ER  -
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