PBS 08/1, 061 (P260960)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04669

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, 26 bronze instruments (=6 2/3 mana), (Obv)3x(Rev)4 lines, *year of the capture of isin)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 6(disz) {uruda}kin
 en: 26 sickles
2. ki-la2-bi 6(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
 en: weighing 6 and 2/3 minas (= 400 shekels)
3. mu-kux(DU) im-gur-{d}suen
 en: delivered by Imgur-sîn.
  blank space
reverse
  blank space
1. iti <ki> 6(disz)? gan-gan-e3
 en: The month 6-Kislīmum,
2. u4 2(disz)-kam
 en: the day 2
3. mu i3-si-in{ki} in-dab5-ba
 en: (of) the year in which (Rim-sîn) seized Isin.

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Offering of Imgur-(d)Sin, 26 bronze instruments (=6 2/3 mana), (Obv)3x(Rev)4 lines, *year of the capture of isin)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P260960

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
crumbling

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 04669
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 579725
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.4669

References

  • primary: PBS 8/1, 61

    [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. 63 no. 23

    [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. 1808

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

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 View
2020-09-05 at 09:46:21 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI Approved View
2016-12-30 at 13:25:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-12-29 at 11:51:42 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/1, 061 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260960.
PBS 08/1, 061 artifact entry (No. P260960). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260960 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 061 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260960 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 061 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260960},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/1, 061 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260960.
PBS 08/1, 061 artifact entry (No. P260960). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260960 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 061 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260960 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 061 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260960},
}


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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P260960
LB  - CDLI:P260960
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - PBS 08/1, 061 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P260960
ER  -
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