PBS 08/2, 230 (P258603)

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 01271

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Marriage contract.13x1x14 UE 1 LE 1 lines)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Marriage contract.13x1x14 UE 1 LE 1 lines)
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  • primary: PBS 8/2, 230

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

  • citation: Fs Wilcke p. 293-300, p. 295

    [Stol2003Heiligtum] Stol, Marten. 2003. “Das Heiligtum Einer Familie.” In Literatur, Politik Und Recht in Mesopotamien. Festschrift Für Claus Wilcke, edited by Walther Sallaberger, Konrad Volk, and Annette Zgoll, 293–300. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/2, 230 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258603.
PBS 08/2, 230 artifact entry (No. P258603). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258603 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 230 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258603 (Accessed: November 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 230 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258603},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258603
LB  - CDLI:P258603
M1  - 2025/11/19/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 230 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258603
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/2, 230 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258603.
PBS 08/2, 230 artifact entry (No. P258603). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258603 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 230 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258603 (Accessed: November 19, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 230 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258603},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258603
LB  - CDLI:P258603
M1  - 2025/11/19/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 230 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258603
ER  - 
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