CBS 00840 (P258293)

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 00840

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract.2 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Contract.2 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	P258293
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P258293

Physical information

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

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 00840
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	577039
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.840

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 Artifacts

“CBS 00840 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258293.

CBS 00840 artifact entry (No. P258293). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258293 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 00840 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258293 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 00840 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258293},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258293
LB  - CDLI:P258293
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - CBS 00840 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258293
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 00840 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258293.

CBS 00840 artifact entry (No. P258293). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258293 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 00840 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258293 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 00840 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258293},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258293
LB  - CDLI:P258293
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - CBS 00840 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258293
ER  -