CBS 00908 (P258359)

Legal tablet & envelope 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 00908

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract. The outer inscribed case of an inscribed clay tablet. Impression of seal inscription. 3 lines)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: case
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract. The outer inscribed case of an inscribed clay tablet. Impression of seal inscription. 3 lines)
  • Language(s):

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 00908
  • Accession No.:

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

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

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Cite this Artifact
“CBS 00908 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258359.
CBS 00908 artifact entry (No. P258359). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258359 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 00908 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258359 (Accessed: July 19, 2025).
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	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 00908 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258359},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258359},
}


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