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PBS 07, 075 (P257807)

Letter 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 00361

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter. Harper: Incantation"(?); 15X4")

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na a-wi-lim sza _{d}marduk_ u2-ba-al-la-[t,u2-szu]
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma i-bi-{d}sza-ha-an-ma
4. _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ da-ri-isz u4-mi KU?-ma#-[x ...]
5. li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
6. lu sza-al-ma-ta
7. szu-lum-ka ma-har _{d}utu {d}marduk_ u3 be-li2-ia am-mi-di-ta-na
8. lu da-ri
9. t,up-pa-ka sza a-na _{d}suen_-<re>-me-ni
10. tu-sza-bi-la esz-me-e
11. an-nu-u2 da-bu-ub-um
12. sza# a-na-ku u3 ka-ta-a i-na _zimbir{ki}_
13. ni#-id-bu-bu
14. [x x] ku-nu-uk-ka ia-lu-u2 a-wi-lum#
15. [...]
rest broken
reverse
1. [x x x] na#-di-tum [...]
2. [la] ih-ha-ab#-[ba-al-(ma)]
3. [a]-di# ba-al-t,a-at ir!(NI)-re-[tum]
4. i-na sza-ap-ti-sza la isz-[sza-ak-ka]-an
single ruling

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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Condition Description: (top only)
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (Letter. Harper: Incantation"(?); 15X4")
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 7, 75

[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.
history: AbB 11, 75

[Stol1986AbB11] Stol, Marten. 1986. Letters from Collections in Philadelphia, Chicago and Berkeley. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 11. Leiden: Brill.

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Museum No.: CBS 00361
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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
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2019-03-24 at 07:23:49	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	de Ridder, Alba		CDLI	approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (453778) (453778)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.361) (CBS.361)

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 075 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257807.

PBS 07, 075 artifact entry (No. P257807). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257807 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 075 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257807 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 075 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257807},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257807},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 075 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257807.

PBS 07, 075 artifact entry (No. P257807). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257807 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 075 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257807 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 075 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257807},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257807},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257807
LB  - CDLI:P257807
M1  - 2025/12/30/
TI  - PBS 07, 075 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257807
ER  -