PBS 08/1, 055 (P260957)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04666

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Offering of Imgur-(d)Sin, overseer of the smiths (4-headed nail, 2/3 mana 7 shekel), (Obv)5x(Rev)3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) {uruda}gag-za-ga#
  Ozaki: for {uruda}gag-za3-ga “side peg”
 en: 60 copper side pegs
2. ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz) ma-na 7(disz) gin2
 en: weighing 2/3 of mina (and) 7 shekels (= 47 shekels),
3. mu-kux(DU) im-gur-{d}suen ugula simug
 en: delivered by Imgur-sîn, overseer of the smiths.
reverse
  blank space
1. iti# kin-{d}inanna u4 5(disz)-kam
 en: The month of Elūnum, the day 5
2. mu iri zar-bi2-lum{ki} mu-du3-a
 en: (of) the year in which (Rim-sîn) built (the wall of) the city of Zarbilum.

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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: crumbling
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Offering of Imgur-(d)Sin, overseer of the smiths (4-headed nail, 2/3 mana 7 shekel), (Obv)5x(Rev)3 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 8/1, 55

    [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: PBS 8/1, p. 62 no. 20

    [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. 1800

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

  • history: Robertson diss, . p. 376

    [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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  • 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
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
2020-09-05 at 09:44:42 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2017-11-24 at 11:25:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-12-30 at 13:25:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-12-29 at 11:42:07 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, 055 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P260957.
PBS 08/1, 055 artifact entry (No. P260957). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260957 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 055 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260957 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 055 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260957},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260957},
}


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