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PBS 07, 048 (P257865)

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 00417

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter. 6X2X6 UE1 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na hu-<za>-la-tum
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma lu-usz-ta-mar-ma
4. ri-ba!-at s,u2!-ha-ri-<ia>
5. _{disz}dumu-ki iti-1(disz)-kam_
6. i-na mu-uh-hi-ia
7. isz-ku-nu
8. _1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
reverse
1. _ki_ {lu2}sa-ma-ar-dab
2. le-qe2-e-ma
3. id-ni
4. a-na _szum2-el-lum{sar!}_
5. a na x pa ri x
6. isz-tu i-na-<an-na> _u4-2(disz)-kam_
7. ka3-asz-da-ak-ki

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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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (Letter. 6X2X6 UE1 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 7, 48

[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.
history: AbB 11, 48

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 00417
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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 metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2019-03-24 at 06:34:07	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	de Ridder, Alba		CDLI	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 (453839) (453839)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.417) (CBS.417)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 07, 048 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257865.

PBS 07, 048 artifact entry (No. P257865). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257865 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 048 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257865 (Accessed: February 24, 2026).

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	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 048 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257865},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257865},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 07, 048 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257865.

PBS 07, 048 artifact entry (No. P257865). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257865 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 048 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257865 (Accessed: February 24, 2026).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 048 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257865},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257865},
}

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