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PBS 07, 082 (P258769)

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 01436

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; 9x2x10 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na ku-ub-bu-rum da-i-ki-ia
2. a-na mi-ni-i at-ta-na-ar
3. [x-x] sza be-li2 at-ta
4. i-nu-ma as-sa3-an-qa2-ak-ku
5. la tu-usz-te-esz-sze-ra-an-ni
6. [x]-ta-na-ar
7. <asz>-szum a!(IA)-pil-i3-li2-szu _gal ukken-na_
8. sza-ad-da-aq-dam
9. 3(disz) ka-ta-an-sza-ra-tum
10. u3 2(disz) li-sza-nu _apin_
11. a-na be-li2-ia _ki-1(disz)_
reverse
1. _ki-2(disz) 2(disz)_ ka-ta-an-sza-ra-tum
2. _ki-3(disz) 3(u)_ qa2-ta-tim sza _zu2-giszimmar_
3. [_ki]-4(disz) 2(disz)_ <ka>-ta-an-sza-ra-tim
4. [i3]-li2#-ma-i-le-i a-na ma-har be-li2-ia
5. [x]-sze#-ri-ib
6. a-na# mu-usz-ke-e-nu-ti-ia
7. i-na _ka2_ be-li2-ia i-zu-uz-za e-le-e
8. be-li2 la i-sa3-ak-ki-pa-an-ni-ma
9. a-na _ka2_ ku-ub-bu-rum da-i-ki-ia
10. la-a az-za-az

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): Letter (Letter; 9x2x10 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 7, 82

[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.
history: AbB 11, 82

[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 01436
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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 07:23:49	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 (577467) (577467)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1436) (CBS.1436)

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 07, 082 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258769.

PBS 07, 082 artifact entry (No. P258769). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258769 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 082 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258769 (Accessed: January 25, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 082 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258769},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258769},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 07, 082 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258769.

PBS 07, 082 artifact entry (No. P258769). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258769 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 082 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258769 (Accessed: January 25, 2026).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 082 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258769},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258769},
}

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