PBS 08/1, 065 (P260948)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 04657

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative ((Obv)5 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz)? ud5
 en: 3 she-goats,
2. 2(disz) masz2-gal
 en: 2 he-goats,
3. na-gada e2-a-ba-bil
 en: the herdsman (is) Ea-babil,
4. e2-tur3 ni2-te-na
 en: (delivered) from the stockyard "Nitena"
5. [e2 {d}]en#-ki-sze3
 en: for the temple of Enki.
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative ((Obv)5 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P260948

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
rev. destroyed, obv. ruled, shellacked

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 04657
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 579713
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.4657

References

  • primary: PBS 8/1, 65

    [Chiera1914PBS8/1] Chiera, Edward. 1914. Legal and Administrative Documents from Nippur, Chiefly from the Dynasties of Isin and Larsa. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/1. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1834

    [Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: Robertson diss, . p. 222

    [Robertson1981diss] Robertson, John F. 1981. “Redistributive Economies in Ancient Mesopotamian Society: A Case Study from Isin-Larsa Period Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-12 at 18:36:12 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-12 at 18:33:33 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2020-09-22 at 02:06:25 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-12-17 at 12:41:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-12-09 at 12:13:09 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/1, 065 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P260948.
PBS 08/1, 065 artifact entry (No. P260948). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260948 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 065 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260948 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 065 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260948},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260948},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/1, 065 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P260948.
PBS 08/1, 065 artifact entry (No. P260948). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260948 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 065 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260948 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 065 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260948},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260948},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/24/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260948
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