PBS 07, 127 (P257963)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00513

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter. 8x1x11 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...] x sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am
3'. [x x] _ka2#-dingir#-ra{ki}_ [x-x] u3 _e2-hi-a_
4'. [x x x x] ra#-pi2-rum{ki}-ma
5'. [x x] ID? _{lu2}kisz#{ki} erim lu2-kur2_ na-du-u2
6'. a-di-ni# u2-te#-ru# sa-AG?-ni-tu
7'. [x x x x x]-am t,e4-ma-am
8'. [szu-up]-ra-am
9'. 1(disz?) [x x x x x x x]
reverse
1. ku#-ru-li u3 [x-x] sza _pa-te-si#-[mesz_]
2. [x]-_hi-a_ pa{na}-nam szu-ur-szi-a-am
3. szu-up-ra-am
4. li-li-ku-ni-ik-kum
5. asz-szum _udu-hi-a_ sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am
6. sza# mi-ih-ri-it ia-ak-bu-ri-im
7. ta#-asz-pu-ra-am
8. i-na a-lim _udu-hi-a_ s,a-bu-tum
9. u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi-i
10. [x x x x x] a-na-_{d}suen_-tak2-la-ku
11. [...]-x ma#-la im#-hu#-ra-szu
12. [...]
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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • primary: PBS 7, 127

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

  • history: AbB 11, 127

    [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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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2019-05-24 at 11:25:15 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
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 View

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 07, 127 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257963.
PBS 07, 127 artifact entry (No. P257963). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257963 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 127 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257963 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257963},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257963},
}


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