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PBS 07, 086 (P258557)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01225

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter. 13x14 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [... x]-x
2. [... x]-nu-ni-a-szi-im-ma#
3. [... x]-x-ku-nu-ma _dumu-mesz {lu2}ab2-ku-mesz_
4. [... x]-du#-nim-ma ni-pu-tam ip-pu-u2
5. [... x]-ri# im-ta-al-li-ku-ma
6. [... x]-ra#-am
7. [... x]-kum# um-ma a-na-ku-ma
8. [... x]-is#-sa-an-ni-iq
9. [... x]-pa-ru-ni-kum
10. [... x]-de#-3
11. [... x]-szi-ib
12. [... x]-x-ra-szum
13. [... x]-ra#-kum
14. [... x]-pu-usz
15. [... x]-ti#-[x-x]
16. [... x]-szi#-ib
reverse
1. [...] _ku3-babbar_ sza _gir3-nita_ te-ge-ru#
2. [...] _ku3-babbar_ szu-a-ti DA?-[x x x]
3. [...] a-na-ku asz-pu-ra#-kum#
4. [... x]-as#-su-um szu-u2 i-na bi-ti-ka i-ba-asz-szi
5. [...] _gu4-hi-a_ da-i-szu-tim sza _{d}iszkur_-i-din-nam u3 tap-pu-szu
6. [u2]-da#-ab-ba-bu-ma ta-asz-pur-ra-am
7. [sza-ad]-da-aq-di-im _5(asz) sze-gur-ta-am3_
8. [x-x] _a2-bi gu4-hi-a_ da#-i-szu-tim in-na-di-isz-szu-nu-szi-ma
9. [u3 isz]-tu# e-bu-ri-im ka-ni-ik-szu-nu ub-lu-nim
10. [... x]-x-su2-nu ih-he-pi2-i
11. [... x]-bi#-szu-nu-szi-im um-ma at-ta-ma
12. [... x]-an-na [x-x-x] a-PA?-lam i-la-kam
13. [...] at,-t,ar-da# a-na pi2-i ka-ni-ki
14. [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (Letter. 13x14 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 7, 86

[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.
history: AbB 11, 86

[Stol1986AbB11] Stol, Marten. 1986. Letters from Collections in Philadelphia, Chicago and Berkeley. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 11. Leiden: Brill.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 01225
Accession No.:

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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2019-03-24 at 07:23:49	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	de Ridder, Alba		CDLI	approved
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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (577291) (577291)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1225) (CBS.1225)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 086 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258557.

PBS 07, 086 artifact entry (No. P258557). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258557 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258557 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258557},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258557},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 086 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258557.

PBS 07, 086 artifact entry (No. P258557). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258557 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258557 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258557},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258557},
}

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M1  - 2026/1/19/
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