PBS 08/2, 208 (P258464)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 01130

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract.Rent of a field. 5x4 UE 1 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. _ki_ me-er-si-ia
3. {disz}{d}amar-utu-la-ma-[sa3-szu]
4. _a-sza3_ a-na _gu2-un_ u2#-sze#-[s,i2]
5. _gu2-un a-sza3#_
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _[2(disz)]+3(disz) ezem# [2(ban2) zi3-da]_
2'. _1(disz) uzu_ i-pa-qi2#-si2#
3'. _igi_ {d}utu-la-ma-sa3-szu
4'. _igi_ {d}utu-ha-zi#-ir
5'. _mu NU? HU? x x_

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description:
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract.Rent of a field. 5x4 UE 1 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: PBS 8/2, 208

    [Chiera1922PBS8/2] Chiera, Edward. 1922. Old Babylonian Contracts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/2. Philadelphia: University Museum.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01130
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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/2, 208 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258464.
PBS 08/2, 208 artifact entry (No. P258464). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258464 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 208 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258464 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 208 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258464},
}

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