PBS 15, 20 (P269054)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 14033

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (A deed of sale; cut and reused as a round lid; (i)4x(ii)4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

45.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [n ku3] ma#-na [n] gin2#
2'. [x]-KAK#-KAK
3'. [n] ku3# gin2
4'. [...] x
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. 1(bur3@c) 3(iku@c)# GAN2#-mah
3'. nig2-sa10
4'. 1(u@c) ku3 gin2#
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (A deed of sale; cut and reused as a round lid; (i)4x(ii)4 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P269054

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 45.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 13.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Stone
Preservation fragment
Stone tablet circular, ruled, 2 cols.; rev. broken away; re-used as a round lid in ancient times

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 14033
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 587505
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.14033

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
2017-06-24 at 11:37:28 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 15, 20 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269054.
PBS 15, 20 artifact entry (No. P269054). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269054 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 15, 20 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269054 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {PBS 15, 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269054},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269054},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 15, 20 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269054.
PBS 15, 20 artifact entry (No. P269054). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269054 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 15, 20 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269054 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {PBS 15, 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269054},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269054},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P269054
LB  - CDLI:P269054
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - PBS 15, 20 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P269054
ER  -
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