CBS 07543 (P262544)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07543

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; (Obv)6x(Rev)6 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 ansze-edin#-[na]
3. 4(barig) gu4 niga
4. 1(ban2) udu niga
5. 1(barig) udu-nita
6. 3(ban2)? masz2-gal
7. 8(disz)# sila3 szah2 niga
reverse
1. 1(barig) megida2(|TAB.KUN|)
2. 4(disz) sila3 dara3-masz
blank space
3. 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3
4. iti ki 7(disz) GAN#-[GAN-e3] u4 2(u) la2 2(asz)?-kam#
5. mu us2#-sa i3-[si-in{ki}] ba-[dab5-ba]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Contract; (Obv)6x(Rev)6 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	Rim-Sin.31.ki 07 GAN-GAN-e3.18 ?
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P262544
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P262544

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 07543
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	582336
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.7543

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2018-04-07 at 11:24:19	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
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

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 07543 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262544.

CBS 07543 artifact entry (No. P262544). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262544 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 07543 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262544 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 07543 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262544},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262544},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P262544
LB  - CDLI:P262544
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - CBS 07543 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262544
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 07543 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262544.

CBS 07543 artifact entry (No. P262544). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262544 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 07543 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262544 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 07543 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262544},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262544},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P262544
LB  - CDLI:P262544
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - CBS 07543 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262544
ER  -