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PBS 07, 095 (P257827)

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 00380

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter. Harper's Cat.Contract of Ammi-satana".(?) 15X14 UE 1 lines")

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na a-wi-lim
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma _{d}suen#_-i-din-nam-ma
4. _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ da-ri-isz u4-mi
5. li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
6. lu sza-al-ma-ta lu ba-al-TA?-ta
7. _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka a-na# da-mi-iq-tim
8. li-ki-il
9. a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-am
10. szu-lum-ka ma-har _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_
11. lu da-ri
12. asz-szum _urudu_ sza ha-bil-a-hi <sza> ta-asz-pu-ra-am#
13. ki-ma i-na _ka2-dingir-ra{ki}_ ta-mu-ra-szu#
14. a-di szu-szu-ur2 a-wi-le-e
15. a-na ka-ap-ri-ia
16. u2-ul al-li-kam
reverse
1. isz-tu a-na ka-ap-ri-ia
2. al-li-kam
3. a-di ut,-t,e4-ti-ia u2-sze-ru-du-nim#
4. sza pa-ni-ia u2-ul ap-pa-li-ASZ?
5. i-na-an-na _4(disz) ma-na urudu_ usz-ta-bi-<la>-kum
6. u2 szi-ta-at _urudu_-ka a-na _u4-5(disz)-kam_
7. a-s,a-mi-id-ma u2-sza-ba-la-kum
8. u2 s,i-bu-ut ta-asz-pu-ra-am
9. t,e4-mi-im ga-am-ra-am
10. a-sza-pa-ra-ak-kum
11. asz-szum gu-szu-re sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am
12. i-na mu-uh2 _i-zi_ asz-ka#-lum#
13. i-ba-asz-szu-u2
14. [x-x-x-x-x-x-...]
15. gu-szu-ru-ka [x-...]
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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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  • Genre(s): Letter (Letter. Harper's Cat.Contract of Ammi-satana".(?) 15X14 UE 1 lines")
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: PBS 7, 95

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

  • history: AbB 11, 95

    [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 00380
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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 07, 095 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257827.
PBS 07, 095 artifact entry (No. P257827). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257827 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 095 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257827 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 095 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257827},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257827},
}

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