PBS 08/1, 007 (P261133)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04940

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative ((Obv)19x(Rev)17 lines, *the year in which Amar-Sin made for Enlil an emblem of gold, silver and lapis-lazuli.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative ((Obv)19x(Rev)17 lines, *the year in which Amar-Sin made for Enlil an emblem of gold, silver and lapis-lazuli.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced	Bur-Sin1.C.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P261133
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P261133

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment left edge missing,partly broken,ruled

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 04940
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	579961
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.4940

References

primary: PBS 8/1, 7

[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. 44 no. 7

[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. 1429

[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
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

Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 08/1, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P261133.

PBS 08/1, 007 artifact entry (No. P261133). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261133 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 08/1, 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261133 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261133},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 08/1, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P261133.

PBS 08/1, 007 artifact entry (No. P261133). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261133 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 08/1, 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261133 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P261133},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261133},
}

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