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PBS 07, 115 + 126 (P259008)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01676 + CBS 01683

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; 11x12x1(u.e.) lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Has fragments

Text

tablet
obverse
1. i-na pa-ni-ti asz-pu-ra-ak-kum#
2. 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ tu-sza-bi-lam#
3. u3 t,up-pa-ka u2-ul tu-sza-bi-lam#
4. i-na-an-na asz-ta-ap-ra-ak-kum#
5. _ku3-babbar_ il-li-ka szu-bi-lam#
6. en#-ke-tim sza 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar#_
7. da#-am-qa2-a-tim
8. sza-ma-am-ma szu-bi-lam
9. u3 a-na _ka2-dingir-ra{ki}_
10. ta-li-a-am-ma
11. [x-x-...-x-x]
reverse
1. DUB#-[x ...]
2. ZA?-[x ... x]-a-ku
3. [...] x lu-mu-ur-ma#
4. [... x]-ta#-ha-ad-da-am-ma#
5. [...] x sza _ku3-babbar_ DA?-AB?-la-[x]
6. [x x x] am ma szu-bi-lam
7. [a-na] sza# asz-pu-ra-ak-kum
8. ni-di a-hi la ta-ra-asz-szi-ma
9. s,i-bu-ti lu-uk-szu-ud
10. i-da-am la tu-sza-ar-sza-a-ma
11. la ta-sza-ap-pa-ra-am
12. sza-a-ta a-pa-al
13. me-he-er t,up-pi2-ia szu-bi-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)

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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This artifact is composed of fragments.
Condition Description: uppper left corner of rev broken
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (Letter; 11x12x1(u.e.) lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 7, 115 + 126

[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.
history: AbB 11, 126

[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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Museum No.: CBS 01676 + CBS 01683
Accession No.:

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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2019-05-24 at 11:25:16	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	de Ridder, Alba		CDLI	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

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P259008 leadP259008 lead

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“PBS 07, 115 + 126 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259008.

PBS 07, 115 + 126 artifact entry (No. P259008). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259008 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 115 + 126 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259008 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 115 + 126 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259008},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259008},
}

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“PBS 07, 115 + 126 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259008.

PBS 07, 115 + 126 artifact entry (No. P259008). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259008 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 115 + 126 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259008 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 115 + 126 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259008},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259008},
}

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