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PBS 07, 049 (P258659)

Administrative tablet 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 01326

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Letter; 10x3x9 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na _ir3-{d}suen_ qi2-bi2-ma
2. um-ma _{d}a-lal2-sar_-a-su-ma
3. _{d}a-lal2-sar {d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_
4. li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
5. asz-szum ki-si-im sza {disz}im-di-isz8-tar2
6. sza i-na ma-ah-ri-ka sza-ak-na-at
7. an-ni-ki-a-am ma-har {disz}ha-ia-ab-<ni>-_dingir_
8. asz-ku-un-ma
9. um-ma a-na-ku-ma
10. ki#-su-um sza im-di-isz8-tar2 ma-ri-ka
11. isz-tu# _mu-2(disz)-kam_ i-na _ud-kib-nun{ki}_
12. i-na bi-it _{disz}ir3-{d}suen_
13. sza-ak-na-at
reverse
1. sza szu-lum ki-si-im szu-a-ti e-pu-usz
2. um-ma a-na-ku-ma im-di-isz8-tar2 ma-ra-ka
3. gi-mi-il u3 i-ia-a-ti gi-im-la-an-ni
4. a-nu-um-ma t,up-pi2 a-na s,e-er a-wi-lim
5. usz-ta-bi-lam
6. a-nu-ma a-wi-lam a-bi hu-si2-is-ma
7. sza szu-lum ki-si-im szu-a-ti li-pu-usz
8. {disz}im-di-isz8-tar2 a-ha-ka gi-mi-il
9. u3 i-ia-a-ti gi-mi-la-an-ni
single ruling

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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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Letter; 10x3x9 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 7, 49

[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.
history: AbB 11, 49

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: CBS 01326
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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 metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2019-03-24 at 06:34:08	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	de Ridder, Alba		CDLI	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (577362) (577362)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1326) (CBS.1326)

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 07, 049 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258659.

PBS 07, 049 artifact entry (No. P258659). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258659 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 049 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258659 (Accessed: February 21, 2026).

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	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258659},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258659},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 07, 049 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258659.

PBS 07, 049 artifact entry (No. P258659). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258659 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 049 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258659 (Accessed: February 21, 2026).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258659},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258659},
}

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