PBS 07, 079 (P258936)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01604

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; From Nur-Adad to Abiya; 17x7 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na a-bi-ia
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma nu-ur2-_{d}utu#_-ma#
4. _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ da-ri-isz u4-[mi-im]
5. a-bi li-ba-al-li-t,u2#
6. asz-szum _ku3-babbar_ ar-hi-a-tim [...]
7. sza ni-pu-ti ka-li#-[a-at x x x]
8. a-bi li-iq-bi-ma ni-pu-tam# [x-x-x-x]
9. wa#-ar-ki t,up-pi2-ia an-ni-[x]
10. a-na _u4 4(disz)-kam_ a-na _zimbir#{ki#}_
11. a-na ma-har a-bi-ia a-al-la-[ak]
12. _ku3-babbar_ ar-hi-a-tim ne-me-et#-[tam]
13. ki-ma a-bi i-qa2-ab-bu-u2
14. a-na-ad-di-in#
15. u3 szum-ma a-bi i-qa2-ab-[ba]
16. _ku3#-babbar#_ ar-hi-a-tim ne-[me-et-tam]
17. sza# a [...]
reverse
1. u3 ka-ni-ik _ku3#-[babbar_ ...]
2. [...]
3. [x x] _ku3-babbar_ ar-hi-a-tim# ne-me#-tam# [x x x]
4. a [x] ma ti ma [x-x] UB? BU? [x]
5. [x x x x x x x x] KI? a [x]
6. a [...]
7. sza a-bi# [...]
  single ruling

Text content

Genre(s) Letter (Letter; From Nur-Adad to Abiya; 17x7 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P258936

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
frags, small, rev destroyed

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 01604
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 577624
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.1604

References

  • primary: PBS 7, 79

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

  • history: AbB 11, 79

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

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 View
2019-03-24 at 07:23:49 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration de Ridder, Alba CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 07, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258936.
PBS 07, 079 artifact entry (No. P258936). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258936 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258936 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258936},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258936},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 07, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258936.
PBS 07, 079 artifact entry (No. P258936). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258936 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258936 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258936},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258936},
}


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