PBS 07, 091 (P258934)

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 01602

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; from Sin-nadin-shumi to Awilum; 12x8 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na a-wi-lim sza _{d}marduk_ u2-ba-al-la-t,u2-szu
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma _{d}suen_-na-di-in-szu-mi-ma
4. _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ da-ri-isz u4-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
5. lu sza-al-ma-ta lu ba-al-t,a-ta
6. _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka a-na da-mi-iq-tim
7. li-ki-il
8. a-na szu-ul-mi-ka re-esz-ka asz-pu-ra-am
9. szu-lum-ka ma-har _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk#_
10. u3 be-li2-ia am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 lu da-ri
11. asz#-szum# sza# ta#-asz-pu#-ra#-am um-ma at-ta-ma
12. [... x]-a-tim#
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reverse
1. {disz}[x ...]
2. _4(disz) gin2 ku3#-[babbar_]
3. {disz}ta-ri-bu#-[x ...]
4. _4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ u3 [x]-KU#?-[x x x x]-ni-kam
5. il-qi2-a-am-ma it-ta-al-kam i-na mu-uh2-hi-i ta-ri-bu-[x-x-x]
6. szi-si _4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ szu-a-ti li-ma-al-li
7. a-na ta-ri-bu _dumu-e2-dub-ba-a_ s,u2-ha-ri-ia
8. li-id-di-in-ma
9. a-na ma-ah-ri-ia li-ib-lam

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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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: upper half
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  • Genre(s): Letter (Letter; from Sin-nadin-shumi to Awilum; 12x8 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: PBS 7, 91

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

  • history: AbB 11, 91

    [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, 091 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258934.
PBS 07, 091 artifact entry (No. P258934). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258934 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 091 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258934 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 091 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258934},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258934},
}

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