PBS 08/2, 154 (P262170)

Legal envelope 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 07134

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (inheritance Contract; Description of a house; Seal impressions; (Obv)6x(Rev)3 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _5(disz) sar e2 kislah da e-sir2 egir e2 {d}ama-a-ra-zu_
 en: An unbuilt plot of 5 SAR adjacent to the street behind the temple of Ama-a'arazu,
2. _[sag-bi] e-sir2_ li-bur
 en: its front is (adjacent to) the street "Libūr",
3. _[sag 2(disz)-kam]-ma-bi e-sir2 bad3_
 en: the other (lit. second) front (is adjacent to) the street of the Wall,
4. _[ha-la-ba] ibila# {d}nin-lil2-zi-mu-ke4-ne_
 en: is the share of Ninlil-ziĝu’s heirs.
5. _[5(disz) sar] e2 kislah_
 en: An unbuilt plot of 5 SAR
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _[iti szu]-numun#-a_
 en: The month of Dumuzi,
  some text moved to next line
2'. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal [{gesz}]gu#-za nesag-ga2 {d}nanna sag-du-ga-ni-ra mu-un-na-dim2-ma_
 en: the year in which Samsu-iluna, the king, has made one throne as an offering for Nanna, his begetter.
seal 1
1. _dumu-me {d}nin-lil2-zi-gu10_
 en: The heirs (lit. the sons) of Ninlil-ziĝu
2. _dumu-me dingir-lu2-ti_
 en: The heirs of Diĝir-luti
3. _dumu-me {d}en-lil2-za!-e-me-en_
 en: The heirs of Enlil-za'emen
4. _dumu-me {d}nin-lil2-ma-an#-[szum2]_
 en: The heirs of Ninlil-manšum

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (inheritance Contract; Description of a house; Seal impressions; (Obv)6x(Rev)3 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Seals

bur-gul seal

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

Goddeeris: cf. tablets TMH 019a & 019b and envelope frag. TMH 10, 019c

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P262170

Physical information

envelope

Artifact type Envelope
envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
u. part

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 07134
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581991
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7134.&.Ist.Ni.9244

References

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 154

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

  • history: TMH 10, 19d

    [Goddeeris2016TMH10] Goddeeris, Anne. 2016. The Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts in the Hilprecht Collection Jena. Texte Und Materialien Der Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection. Neue Folge 10. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-05-18 at 16:46:05 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo Lafont, Bertrand 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
2021-04-30 at 07:45:46 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-11-23 at 15:29:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-11-12 at 01:25:08 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-11-11 at 10:54:45 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 08/2, 154 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262170.
PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry (No. P262170). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262170 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262170 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262170},
}


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DA  - 2023/2/1/
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TI  - PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/2, 154 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262170.
PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry (No. P262170). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262170 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262170 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262170},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P262170
LB  - CDLI:P262170
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262170
ER  -
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