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PBS 07, 026 (P260993)

Letter 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 04724

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter, from Lu-[Ningunan]na(?) to E[nlil-...]?; (Obv)10x(LoE)2x(Rev)10 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na _{d}en#_-[x ... qi2-bi2]-ma#
2. um-ma _lu2-[x x x x]-na_-ma
3. _{d}en-lil2_ u3 _{d}nin-urta_ asz-szu-mi-ia
4. da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
5. asz-szum sza ki#-a-am ta-asz-pur-am
6. um-ma at-ta-a-ma
7. a-wi-lam sza 1(barig) _sze nig2-har-ra_
8. i-sa-am-mu-du
9. a-na _iti 2(disz)-kam u4 9(disz)-kam_
10. a-na _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar#_-im
11. ad-bu-ub
12. szum#-ma _nig2-ar3-ra 1(barig) sze#_
reverse
1. i-na-ad-di-in
2. u3 _nig2-ar3-ra_-szu i-ha!(ZA)-ap-pa-a-am
3. t,u2-ur-da-asz-szu
4. szum-ma i-na-pi2-_{d}utu_
5. [x]-t,a-ar-ra-dam
6. 3(barig) _sze-ba nig2-ar3-ra_
7. na-da-an-szu a-bu-szu
8. iq-bi-a-am
9. a-na _1/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar_-ma
10. [x x x x x x]

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: lower part wanting, ruled
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  • Genre(s): Letter (Letter, from Lu-[Ningunan]na(?) to E[nlil-...]?; (Obv)10x(LoE)2x(Rev)10 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: PBS 7, 26

    [Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.

  • history: AbB 11, 26

    [Stol1986AbB11] Stol, Marten. 1986. Letters from Collections in Philadelphia, Chicago and Berkeley. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 11. Leiden: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 04724
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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
2019-03-24 at 06:34:07 Johnson, J. Cale Atf de Ridder, Alba 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 07, 026 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260993.
PBS 07, 026 artifact entry (No. P260993). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260993 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 026 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260993 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 026 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260993},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260993},
}


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