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PBS 08/2, 173 (P230709)

Tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07178

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

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Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [{disz}]{d}nanna#-[sig5] dumu lu2-{d}suen
2. {disz}ku3-{d}en-lil2-[la2] dumu# ku3-{d}nanna szu-i
3. u3 {d}en-lil2-en-nam# ARAD2 ad-da-kal-la nu-{gesz}kiri6
4. {disz}lu2-{d}inanna dumu lugal-engar-du10 nu-esz3
5. in-gaz-esz
6. u4 lu2-{d}inanna dumu lugal-engar-du10-ke4
7. ba-usz2-a-ta
8. {disz}nin-da-da dumu-munus lu2-{d}nin-urta
9. dam lu2-{d}inanna
10. {disz}lu2-{d}inanna dam-a-ni
11. al-gaz-za in#-[na]-an#-ne#-esz
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. dam-a-ni# [he2-en]-gaz#
3'. dam-a-ni al#-gaz-za gesz ha-ba-an-tuku-am3
4'. a-na-asz-am3# [x] ugu-na li-bi2-in-si
5'. e-ne-am3# dam#-a-ni in-gaz
6'. nam-tag-ga-[ni] lu2 in#-gaz#-esz-a
7'. a-ab-diri# [bi2]-in#-esz
8'. pu-uh2-ru#-um# nibru#{ki}-ka
9'. inim bur2#-e-da-bi
10'. {disz}{d}nanna#-sig5 dumu lu2-{d}suen
11'. {disz}ku3-{d}en-lil2-la2 dumu ku3-{d}nanna szu-i
12'. u3# {d}en-lil2-en-nam ARAD2 ad-da#-[kal-la] nu-{gesz}kiri6#
13'. gaz#-de3 ba-an-szum2-mu#-usz
left
1. di dab5-ba pu-uh2-[ru-um nibru{ki}-ka]

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)

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Language(s): Sumerian

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primary: PBS 8/2, 173

[Chiera1922PBS8/2] Chiera, Edward. 1922. Old Babylonian Contracts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/2. Philadelphia: University Museum.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 07178
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2021-06-12 at 18:08:17	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved

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“PBS 08/2, 173 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230709.

PBS 08/2, 173 artifact entry (No. P230709). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230709 (Original work published 2003)

PBS 08/2, 173 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230709 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230709},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230709},
}

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“PBS 08/2, 173 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230709.

PBS 08/2, 173 artifact entry (No. P230709). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230709 (Original work published 2003)

PBS 08/2, 173 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230709 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230709},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230709},
}

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ER  -

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