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PBS 02/1, 054 (P268120)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 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 13035

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Murashu Archives; miscellaneous contract, loan of consumption; w/seal and thumbnail impressions; (Obv)6x(Rev)3x(UE)3 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: u. part
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Murashu Archives; miscellaneous contract, loan of consumption; w/seal and thumbnail impressions; (Obv)6x(Rev)3x(UE)3 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 2/1, 054

[Clay1912PBS2/1] Clay, Albert T. 1912. Business Documents of Murashu Sons of Nippur Dated in the Reign of Darius II. Publications of the Babylonian Section 2/1. University of Pennsylvania.
history: Cardascia diss, pp.174f.

[Cardascia1951diss] Cardascia, Guillaume. 1951. “Les Archives Des Murashu.” Phdthesis, Université de Paris.
history: PBS 14, 0951

[Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 13035
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius2.02.10.20
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-03 at 12:37:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-25 at 09:56:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-11-09 at 23:42:54	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Lafont, Bertrand; Rattenborg, Rune	Achemenet	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (586692) (586692)
Achemenet (3430208) (3430208)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.13035) (CBS.13035)

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 02/1, 054 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 3, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P268120.

PBS 02/1, 054 artifact entry (No. P268120). (2026, January 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268120 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 02/1, 054 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268120 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2026PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 3},
	title = {PBS 02/1, 054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268120},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268120},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/3/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P268120
LB  - CDLI:P268120
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - PBS 02/1, 054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P268120
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 02/1, 054 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 3, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P268120.

PBS 02/1, 054 artifact entry (No. P268120). (2026, January 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268120 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 02/1, 054 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268120 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2026PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 3},
	title = {PBS 02/1, 054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268120},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268120},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/3/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P268120
LB  - CDLI:P268120
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - PBS 02/1, 054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P268120
ER  -