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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

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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

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Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Condition Description: rev blank
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Text Information

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

Related publications

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.

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Museum No.: CBS 01466
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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	Action
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
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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (577498) (577498)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1466) (CBS.1466)

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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: December 29, 2025).

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	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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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: December 29, 2025).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-29]},
	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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M1  - 2025/12/29/
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