PBS 12, 53 (P260903)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 04596

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (List of temple property; (Obv)18x(Rev)15 lines)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. nam-gudu4 u3 nam-ugula-e2 {d}marduk
2. nam-gudu4 u3 nam-ugula-e2 {d}inim-ma-ni-zi#
3. nam-gudu4 u3 nam-ugula-e2 {d}gu-la
  single ruling
4. nam-ugula-e2 {d}nusku#
5. nam-ugula-e2 {d}en-ki#
6. nam-ugula-e2 {d}suen
7. nam-ugula-e2 {d}mar-tu x
  mar-tu appears to be written over erasure
8. nam-ugula-e2 {d}nin-tin-ug5-ga
9. nam-ugula-e2 {d}nin-szubur
10. nam-ugula-e2 {d}iszkur
11. nam-ugula-e2 dingir-mah
12. nam#-ugula-e2# {d#}[...]-x-x
13. nam-ugula-[e2 {d}...]
14. nam-ugula-[e2 {d}...]
15. nam-ugula-[e2 {d}...]
16. nam-ugula#-[e2 {d}...]
17. nam#-[ugula-e2 {d}...]
18. nam#-[ugula-e2 {d}...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. nam#-ugula#-e2# [{d}...]
2'. nam-ugula-e2 [{d}...]
3'. nam-ugula-e2 {d#}[...]
4'. nam-ugula-e2 {d#}[...]
5'. nam-ugula-e2 {d}[...]
6'. nam-ugula-e2 {d}[...]
7'. nam-ugula-e2 {d}szu-zi#-[an-na]
8'. nam-ugula-e2 {d}lugal-ki-sa2-a
9'. nam-ugula-e2 {d}nin-masz
10'. nam-ugula-e2 {d}li9-si4
11'. nam-ugula-e2 {d}lugal-iri-bar-ra
12'. _e-zu-ub_ nam!-ugula-e2 _sza_ esz3 didli
  single ruling
13'. sze-bi 2(disz) szu-si sze gur
14'. _sza a-na_ en {d}en-lil2-la2#?
15'. _i-na_ mu 1(disz)-kam _i-ma-x-[...]_

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Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: lower part broken
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (List of temple property; (Obv)18x(Rev)15 lines)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: PBS 12, 53

    [Langdon1917PBS12] Langdon, Stephen H. 1917. Sumerian Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 12. University Museum, Philadelphia.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 04596
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2014-04-07 at 08:12:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View
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 View

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 12, 53 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260903.
PBS 12, 53 artifact entry (No. P260903). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260903 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 12, 53 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260903 (Accessed: September 26, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 12, 53 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260903},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260903},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2025/9/26/
TI  - PBS 12, 53 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260903
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 12, 53 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260903.
PBS 12, 53 artifact entry (No. P260903). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260903 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 12, 53 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260903 (Accessed: September 26, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 12, 53 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260903},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260903},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P260903
LB  - CDLI:P260903
M1  - 2025/9/26/
TI  - PBS 12, 53 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260903
ER  -
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