CBS 00836 (P258289)

Legal tablet & envelope dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00836

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract. 5 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Contract. 5 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P258289
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P258289

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment case

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 00836
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	577035
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.836

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
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
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

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 00836 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258289.

CBS 00836 artifact entry (No. P258289). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258289 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 00836 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258289 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 00836 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258289},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258289},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P258289
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - CBS 00836 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258289
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 00836 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258289.

CBS 00836 artifact entry (No. P258289). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258289 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 00836 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258289 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 00836 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258289},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258289},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258289
LB  - CDLI:P258289
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - CBS 00836 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258289
ER  -