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PBS 07, 047 (P259128)

Letter tablet & envelope 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 01808 & CBS 01808a

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter enclosed in an envelope. Sealed and addressed to Lushtamar.)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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Text

case
1. a-na lu-usz-ta-mar
seal
1. _dingir_-szu-ba-ni _dam-gar3#_
2. _dumu_ i-bi-_{d}nin-szubur_
3. _ir3 {d}nin-szubur-ka#_
tablet
obverse
1. a-na lu-usz-ta-mar
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma _dingir_-szu-ba-ni-ma
4. _dumu-munus-mesz_ ia-si-AN
5. ki-a-am isz-pur-ra-nim um-ma szi-na-ma
6. sze-am sza _gi-u2?-kin sahar-hi-a_
7. ma-hi-ir
8. li-ib-ba-szu _dug3_-ab
9. i-na-an-na ni-pa-ti-ni
10. it-ti-pi2
reverse
1. ki-a-am isz-pur-ra-nim
2. sze-am ma-ah-ra-a-ta
3. li-ib-ba-ka _dig3_-ab
4. a-li-a-am-ma _dumu-munus-mesz_ ia-si-AN
5. a-pu-ul

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (Letter enclosed in an envelope. Sealed and addressed to Lushtamar.)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 7, 47

[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.
history: PBS 14, 0336a

[Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.
history: AbB 11, 47

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: CBS 01808 & CBS 01808a
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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
2025-08-03 at 19:01:38	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Atf	Senior, Andrew		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
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
2019-03-24 at 06:34:07	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

External Resources

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

Penn Museum (526099) (526099)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1808) (CBS.1808)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 047 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259128.

PBS 07, 047 artifact entry (No. P259128). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259128 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 047 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259128 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 047 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259128},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259128},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 07, 047 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259128.

PBS 07, 047 artifact entry (No. P259128). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259128 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 07, 047 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259128 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 047 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259128},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259128},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P259128
LB  - CDLI:P259128
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - PBS 07, 047 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259128
ER  -