PBS 07, 121 (P258800)

Letter tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01466

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; 6 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (Letter; 6 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	As
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P258800
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P258800

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	rev blank

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 01466
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	577498
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.1466

References

primary: PBS 7, 121

[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.
history: AbB 11, 121

[Stol1986AbB11] Stol, Marten. 1986. Letters from Collections in Philadelphia, Chicago and Berkeley. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 11. Leiden: Brill.
history: BiMes 5, p. 131

[Yoffee1977crown] Yoffee, Norman. 1977. The Economic Role of the Crown in the Old Babylonian Period. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 5. Malibu: Undena.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
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
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 121 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258800.

PBS 07, 121 artifact entry (No. P258800). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258800 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 121 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258800 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 121 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258800.

PBS 07, 121 artifact entry (No. P258800). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258800 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 121 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258800 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 121 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258800},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258800},
}

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