CBS 04378 (P260695)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04378

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; 6 lines; seal impr.)

Language(s)

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Contract; 6 lines; seal impr.)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P260695
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P260695

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment envelope flake from rev, sm

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 04378
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	579511
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.4378

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
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

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 04378 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260695.

CBS 04378 artifact entry (No. P260695). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260695 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 04378 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260695 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 04378 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260695},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
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TI  - CBS 04378 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 04378 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260695.

CBS 04378 artifact entry (No. P260695). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260695 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 04378 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260695 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 04378 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260695},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P260695
LB  - CDLI:P260695
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - CBS 04378 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260695
ER  -