PBS 08/2, 215 (P258502)

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 01168

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Business document: loan o money from the Temple of Shamash. 6x8 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _2/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-sig17_
2. sza {d}utu
3. _ki_ {d}utu
4. {disz}la-ma-as-si20 _lukur_ {d}utu
5. _dumu-munus_ a-ba-tim
6. _szu ba-an-ti_
reverse
1. i-na ba-al-t,a-[at]
2. u3 sza-al-ma-at#
3. {d#}utu# be-el-sza
4. [ip]-pa-al
  single ruling
5. _[iti] apin#-du8-a u4 4(disz)-kam_
6. _mu#_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e [x] masz-su x x x nin nam lugal# ib2#-il2#-la-asz [(...)]_

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Business document: loan o money from the Temple of Shamash. 6x8 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 215

    [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 01168
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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
2022-06-10 at 13:09:26 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI 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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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/2, 215 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258502.
PBS 08/2, 215 artifact entry (No. P258502). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258502 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 215 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258502 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 215 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258502},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258502},
}


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