PBS 08/2, 236 (P258622)

Legal tablet & envelope 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 01289 & CBS 01289a

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Business document:loan of money with interest. 4x2x5 UE 3 LE 2 lines)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: of an envelope
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Business document:loan of money with interest. 4x2x5 UE 3 LE 2 lines)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 236

    [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 01289 & CBS 01289a
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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):

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/2, 236 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258622.
PBS 08/2, 236 artifact entry (No. P258622). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258622 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 236 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258622 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 236 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258622},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258622},
}


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