PBS 07, 085 (P258786)

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 01453

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; 8x8 lines)

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Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. [_{gisz}3(ban2)] {d}utu_
2. [sza x x x] i-na _ga2-gi4-a_
3. am-hu#-ru a-na ma-ah-ri-ka
4. usz-ta-bi-lam
5. ki-ma ki-it-tim
6. sza _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_
7. ra-i-im-ka
8. isz-ru-ku-ni-ik-kum
reverse
1. _{gisz}3(ban2) {d}utu_ szu-a-ti
2. it-ti _{gisz}3(ban2) {d}utu_ sza sze-am
3. im-du-du sza ma-ah-ri-ka
4. li-isz-pu-ku-ma
5. _sag-il2-la_ ki-ma na al mi
6. szu-up-ra-am-ma
7. i-na mu-uh2-hi-ia la i-BI?-u2
8. u3 _lukur-{d}utu_ la i-ha-ab-ba-lu
  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)

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: PBS 7, 85

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

  • history: AbB 11, 85

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

  • history: Fs Birot (pp. 285-306), 291-292

    [Veenhof1985FsBirot] Veenhof, Klaas R. 1985. “Sag-Íl-La =saggilû, “Difference Assessed on Measuring and Accounting in Some Old Babylonian Texts.” In Miscellanea Babylonica : Mélanges Offerts à Maurice Birot, edited by Jean-Marie Durand and Jean-Robert Kupper, 285–306. Paris : Éditions Recherche sur les civilisations.

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-09 at 16:34:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-31 at 16:36:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2019-03-24 at 07:23:49 Johnson, J. Cale Atf de Ridder, Alba CDLI 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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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 07, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258786.
PBS 07, 085 artifact entry (No. P258786). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258786 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 085 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258786 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
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	month = {aug 9},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258786},
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