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PBS 13, 56 (P257599)

Administrative 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 00034

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Payments to hired men from who live in Sippar; Sippar; 11x8 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: u. le. corner
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Payments to hired men from who live in Sippar; Sippar; 11x8 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 13, 56

[Legrain1922PBS13] Legrain, Léon. 1922. Historical Fragments. Publications of the Babylonian Section 13. University Museum, Pennsylvania. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14913.pdf.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 00034
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Provenience

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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	Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
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

External Resources

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

Penn Museum (451531) (451531)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.34) (CBS.34)

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 13, 56 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257599.

PBS 13, 56 artifact entry (No. P257599). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257599 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 13, 56 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257599 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257599},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 13, 56 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257599.

PBS 13, 56 artifact entry (No. P257599). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257599 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 13, 56 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257599 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 13, 56 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257599},
}

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