PBS 07, 038 (P258826)

Letter tablet 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 01492

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; 10x11x2(u.e.) lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. [a-na ...]
2. [qi2]-bi2#-[ma]
3. [um]-ma# _isztar#-[x-x-x]-ma
4. [x x x] u3 {d}[x li-ba]-al#-li-t,u2-ki
5. [asz-szum a]-wa-tim [la na]-s,a-ri-im
6. [a-na] mi#-ni-im ta-ap-la-hi
7. [a-na] ab-bu bi-tim
8. aq-bi-i-ma
9. ab-bu <bi>-ti-im#
10. qa2-ba-am isz-ta-ak-nu
reverse
1. um-ma szu-nu-ma
2. a-na _u4-1(u)-kam_
3. qa2-aq-qa2-ad _ku3-babbar_
4. i-pa-lu-ki
5. a-di i-pa-lu-ni-in-ni
6. s,u2-ha-ar-tam i-na qa2-ti-ia u2-ka-al
7. i-nu-ma i-ta-ap-lu-ni-in-ni
8. a-na-ku t,e4-ma-am
9. a-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-ki-im#
10. asz-szum t,e4-em _{d}a-a_-um-mi#
11. [x x x] ri [...]

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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
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  • Condition Description: obv destroyed
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  • Genre(s): Letter (Letter; 10x11x2(u.e.) lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: PBS 7, 38

    [Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.

  • history: AbB 11, 38

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01492
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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 038 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258826.
PBS 07, 038 artifact entry (No. P258826). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258826 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 038 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258826 (Accessed: September 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 038 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258826},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258826},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 038 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258826.
PBS 07, 038 artifact entry (No. P258826). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258826 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 038 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258826 (Accessed: September 8, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 038 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258826},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258826},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258826
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M1  - 2025/9/8/
TI  - PBS 07, 038 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258826
ER  - 
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