PBS 09, 025 (P216344)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 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 04675

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(bur3@c) GAN2
2. sze-bi 2(gesz2@c) lid2-ga
3. ib-mu-tum
4. 2(esze3@c) GAN2 1(u@c) 5(asz@c)
5. nig2-du7-pa-e3
6. [n] 2(iku@c)# GAN2 8(asz@c)
7. sag#-a-du engar-me
8. 1(bur3@c) 1(iku@c) GAN2 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c)
9. lugal#-iti-da
10. sipa# masz2
11. [...] 1(bur3@c)#? GAN2 1(u@c) 2(asz@c)
12. [...]-x-la2
13. mu#-pa3-da
  blank space
14. [szunigin] 9(bur3@c)# 1(esze3@c)# GAN2
reverse
1. [sze] szunigin#-bi 1(gesz2) 2(u@c) 2(asz@c) lid2-ga
2. GAN2 en-ama
3. 1(bur'u@c) GAN2 1(gesz'u@c)
4. du11-ga-ni
5. dumu lugal-lu2
6. 3(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) GAN2 3(gesz2@c) 2(u@c)
7. lugal-nig2-be-du10 ku3-dim2
8. GAN2 sa10-a
9. ka ma-an-isz-tu-su{ki}
10. GAN2# szuku# dab5-ba sze mu2-a gid2-da
11. e2 {d}en-lil2-kam
  blank space
12. mu {d}na-ra-am-{d}suen-e ka i7-e-erin-na-ka nibru#{ki}-sze3 si im#-mi-sa2-a#

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: PBS 9, 025

    [Barton1915PBS9] Barton, George A. 1915. Sumerian Business and Administrative Documents from the Earliest Times to the Dynasty of Agade. Publications of the Babylonian Section 9.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 04675
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2010-01-14 at 21:53:28 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:05 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 09, 025 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216344.
PBS 09, 025 artifact entry (No. P216344). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216344 (Original work published 1970)
PBS 09, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216344 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 09, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216344},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216344},
}

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