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PBS 07, 044 (P257992)

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 00542

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter.6x2x6 UE 3 LE 2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}na-bi-um-ni-szu
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma _{d}suen_-re-me-ni-ma / a-hu-ka-hi
4. asz-szum 4(u) 3(asz) _sze-duru5_ sza-mi-im
5. [x x x x] ra ki
6. [...] qa2#-ti
7. [... x]-e-ri-isz _ku3-dim_
reverse
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. _sze#-lu2_ u2-ul i-di-nam
4. _sze-lu2_ e-li-ka
5. i-szu-u2-ma
6. tu-usz-ta-ta-ah-ri-is-su2
7. a-na ma-ri szi-ip-ri-im
8. sza# i-il-la-ka-ku
9. i-di-in
10. re#-qu2-su2 la ta-t,a-ra-da-asz-szu
left
1. szum-ma _sze_ szum-ma _ku3#-[babbar]_
2. i-di-in-ma# [...]

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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Artifact Preservation: fragment
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (Letter.6x2x6 UE 3 LE 2 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 7, 44

[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.
history: AbB 11, 44

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: CBS 00542
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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 06:34:08	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 (576753) (576753)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.542) (CBS.542)

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 07, 044 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257992.

PBS 07, 044 artifact entry (No. P257992). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257992 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 044 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257992 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257992},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257992},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 07, 044 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257992.

PBS 07, 044 artifact entry (No. P257992). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257992 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 044 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257992 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257992},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257992},
}

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