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PBS 08/2, 167 (P262085)

Legal 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07031

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Purchase of a garden; seal impressions; (Obv)12x(Rev)0x(UE)1 lines)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) sar {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}geszimmar gub-[ba]
2. gu2 i7 nun-bi-ir-du
3. us2-sa-du {gesz}kiri6 i-lu-ni#
4. [(x) ha?]-la#?-ba ha-la-{d}ba-ba6#
5. ki# ha-la-{d}ba#-[ba6]
6. u3 inim-{d}en#-[...-ta]
7. {disz}dingir-szu-[...-ke4]
8. in-szi-in#-sa10#
9. sa10-am3 til-la#-bi-sze3
10. [n]+3(disz) gin2 [ku3]-babbar
11. in#-na#-[an-la2]
12. [u4 kur2-sze3 ha-la]-{d#}ba-ba6
broken
1'. [mu] {d}en-lil2-ra# [mu-na-an]-dim2#
seal 1
1. ha-la-{d}ba-ba6
2. dumu-munus x-{d}x-[x]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: rev. destroyed
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Purchase of a garden; seal impressions; (Obv)12x(Rev)0x(UE)1 lines)
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: PBS 8/2, 167

[Chiera1922PBS8/2] Chiera, Edward. 1922. Old Babylonian Contracts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/2. Philadelphia: University Museum.
history: ZA 86 (pp. 177-191), 189

[Sallaberger1996ZA86] Sallaberger, Walther. 1996. “Zu Einigen Jahresdaten Enlil-Banis von Isin.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 86: 177–91.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 07031
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Enlil-bani.E.00.00 ?
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-03 at 09:41:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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
2020-07-06 at 07:48:51	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2017-12-27 at 12:03:59	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
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

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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“PBS 08/2, 167 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P262085.

PBS 08/2, 167 artifact entry (No. P262085). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262085 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 08/2, 167 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262085 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).

@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 3},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 167 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262085},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262085},
}

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ER  -

“PBS 08/2, 167 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P262085.

PBS 08/2, 167 artifact entry (No. P262085). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262085 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 08/2, 167 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262085 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).

@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 3},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 167 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262085},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262085},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P262085
LB  - CDLI:P262085
M1  - 2025/5/3/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 167 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262085
ER  -

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