PBS 08/1, 066 (P230720)

Administrative 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 04671

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) u8
 en: One ewe
2. mu-kux(DU) dingir-szu-illat-su
 en: received by Ilšu-illassu
3. e2 {d}suen-sze3
 en: for the temple of Sîn,
4. i3-dab5 {d}suen-e-ri-im-szu
 en: the livestock administrator (is) Sîn-erimšu,
5. e2-tur3 nam-en-na
 en: from the stockyard "Namenna".
reverse
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1. iti ki 8(disz) kin-{d}inanna
 en: The month 8-Elūnum,
2. u4 2(disz)-kam
 en: the day 2
3. mu ki 3(disz) us2-sa i3-si-in{ki#}
 en: (of) the year 3 after Isin (was seized).

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: PBS 8/1, 66

    [Chiera1914PBS8/1] Chiera, Edward. 1914. Legal and Administrative Documents from Nippur, Chiefly from the Dynasties of Isin and Larsa. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/1. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • history: PBS 8/1, p. 63 no. 25

    [Chiera1914PBS8/1] Chiera, Edward. 1914. Legal and Administrative Documents from Nippur, Chiefly from the Dynasties of Isin and Larsa. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/1. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1811

    [Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: MSLF, read 4617

    [LiebermanUnpubms] Lieberman, Stephen J. nd. “Manual of Sumerian Legal Forms.”

  • history: Robertson diss, . p. 212

    [Robertson1981diss] Robertson, John F. 1981. “Redistributive Economies in Ancient Mesopotamian Society: A Case Study from Isin-Larsa Period Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-12 at 18:36:12 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-12 at 18:33:33 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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
2020-09-22 at 02:02:47 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2016-12-17 at 12:41:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-12-09 at 11:26:20 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2016-12-09 at 11:25:29 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2016-12-09 at 06:46:22 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/1, 066 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230720.
PBS 08/1, 066 artifact entry (No. P230720). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230720 (Original work published 2003)
PBS 08/1, 066 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230720 (Accessed: May 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 066 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230720},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230720},
}


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