PBS 01/2, 028 (P261028)

Letter 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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04759

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; (Obv)12x(Rev)15 lines)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  (to be completed)
reverse
1. [asz-szu14] hu#-us,-s,i-ti sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra la#? [...]
 en: Regarding the reed fence, which my lord wrote to me about: Don’t ...
2. [...]-u2 _1(gesz2) 2(u) ninda_ e-te-sir u3 szu-ra
 en: .... I have already enclosed 80 ninda and the reed bundles,
  1 ninda = 6m
3. [sza] i-na _e2_ {disz}er-ri-gi na-ak-su
 en: which were cut on the estate of Errigu.
4. [... a]-na# na-sze-e pa-al-ha-ku a-na-asz-szi-ma ik-ki-mu
 en: I am worried about bringing them. I will bring them and they will pile them up
5. [a]-na# _e i7_ i-tab-ba-ku-ma mi-na-a ip-pu-usz
 en: and they will spill them into the iku irrigation canals and the main nāru canal. What shall he (= one) do?
6. {disz}ki-din-_{d}iszkur dumu_ {disz}a-na-ka-la-ma-_{d}iszkur lu2-sag-lugal#_
 en: Kidin-Adad, the son of Ana-kalāma-Adad, the ša rēši šarri ...,
7. sza i-na _ugu {gesz}kiri6-mesz_ sza {iri}u2-pi-i sza-ak-nu# [...]
 en: who is assigned ... in the gardens of Upī,
8. _{lu2}nu-{gesz}kiri6 sza be-li2-ia ir-ta-pi-is u3 ul-te-eb#-[bi-ir-szu]
 en: has beaten the gardener of my lord and he injured him severly!
9. um-ma-a be-el-ka i-na ba-lu-u2 ki-ki-ia u3
 en: The following: How is your lord doing without me? And
10. a-di-na _gesz-hi-a_ a-na _lugal_ ul a-na-ak-ki-is
 en: I have not yet chopped the wood for the king.
11. u3 szu-u2 _gesz-hi-a_ i-na-ak-ki-is _nu-[{gesz}]kiri6_ an-ni-ta
 en: But he, on the other hand, will chop wood. The gardener has told this
12. iq-ta-ba-asz-szu um!-ma-a isz-tu [(_gesz?_) na-ak-su?] be-li2 x [...]
 en: to him, the following: “After it (= the wood) is chopped my lord ...
13. [...]-a-ba i-na _{gesz}kiri6_-szu u3# [...]
 en: ... in his garden ...
14. [...] 2(u) _ki-mesz_ [...]
 en: ... “

Text content

Genre(s) Letter (Letter; (Obv)12x(Rev)15 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P261028

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
lower part, obv. badly mutilated

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 04759
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 579805
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.4759

References

  • primary: PBS 1/2, 028

    [Lutz1919PBS1/2] Lutz, Henry F. 1919. Selected Sumerian and Babylonian Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 1/2. University of Pennsylvania.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-30 at 08:49:45 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
2017-12-19 at 02:46:04 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-12-09 at 08:32:45 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-11-08 at 22:57:33 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô 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 01/2, 028 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P261028.
PBS 01/2, 028 artifact entry (No. P261028). (2024, August 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261028 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 01/2, 028 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261028 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	month = {aug 30},
	title = {PBS 01/2, 028 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261028},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 01/2, 028 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P261028.
PBS 01/2, 028 artifact entry (No. P261028). (2024, August 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261028 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 01/2, 028 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261028 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 30},
	title = {PBS 01/2, 028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P261028},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261028},
}


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M1  - 2026/11/3/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P261028
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