PBS 07, 031 (P258720)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01387

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; 9 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na a-pil-i3-li2#-[szu]
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um#-ma _{d}utu_-na-s,ir-ma
4. _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ da-ri-isz
5. u4-mi-im li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
6. a-nu-um-ma s,u2-ha-ri
7. u3 _{d}suen_-a-sza-re-ed
8. at,-t,ar-da-ak-ku
9. s,u2-ba-te-e
reverse
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]
4. [...]
5. [...]
  rest broken

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: rev broken
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  • primary: PBS 7, 31

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

  • history: AbB 11, 31

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

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 031 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258720.
PBS 07, 031 artifact entry (No. P258720). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258720 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 031 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258720 (Accessed: October 20, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258720},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258720},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 031 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258720.
PBS 07, 031 artifact entry (No. P258720). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258720 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 031 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258720 (Accessed: October 20, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258720},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258720},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258720
LB  - CDLI:P258720
M1  - 2025/10/20/
TI  - PBS 07, 031 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258720
ER  - 
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