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CBS 08016 (P230459)

Lexical tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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 08016

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: list of PN's ( Obv. DUG (last item dug-la-ha-nu-um). Rev. d.Utu names.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

CBS 08016
tablet
reverse personal names' list
obverse
n lines missing
1 line traces
2. {dug}gir16(|GIR3#x[GAN2@t]|)# [szag4 sig]
3. {dug}[za-hu]-um#
4. {dug}la-ha#-nu-um#

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: list of PN's ( Obv. DUG (last item dug-la-ha-nu-um). Rev. d.Utu names.)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Museum No.: CBS 08016
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2008-05-26 at 03:47:00	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Penn Museum (582758) (582758)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.8016) (CBS.8016)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P230459) (P230459)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P230459) (P230459)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270)	View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“CBS 08016 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230459.

CBS 08016 artifact entry (No. P230459). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230459 (Original work published 2003)

CBS 08016 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230459 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CBS 08016 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230459},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CBS 08016 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230459.

CBS 08016 artifact entry (No. P230459). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230459 (Original work published 2003)

CBS 08016 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230459 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CBS 08016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230459},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230459},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P230459
LB  - CDLI:P230459
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - CBS 08016 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230459
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