PBS 08/1, 065 (P260948)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 04657

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative ((Obv)5 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz)? ud5
 en: 3 she-goats,
2. 2(disz) masz2-gal
 en: 2 he-goats,
3. na-gada e2-a-ba-bil
 en: the herdsman (is) Ea-babil,
4. e2-tur3 ni2-te-na
 en: (delivered) from the stockyard "Nitena"
5. [e2 {d}]en#-ki-sze3
 en: for the temple of Enki.
reverse
  broken

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: rev. destroyed, obv. ruled, shellacked
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  • primary: PBS 8/1, 65

    [Chiera1914PBS8/1] Chiera, Edward. 1914. Legal and Administrative Documents from Nippur, Chiefly from the Dynasties of Isin and Larsa. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/1. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1834

    [Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: Robertson diss, . p. 222

    [Robertson1981diss] Robertson, John F. 1981. “Redistributive Economies in Ancient Mesopotamian Society: A Case Study from Isin-Larsa Period Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 04657
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-12 at 18:36:12 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-12 at 18:33:33 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2020-09-22 at 02:06:25 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2016-12-17 at 12:41:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-12-09 at 12:13:09 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard 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 08/1, 065 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P260948.
PBS 08/1, 065 artifact entry (No. P260948). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260948 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 065 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260948 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	month = {jun 12},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 065 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260948},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260948},
}

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