PBS 08/2, 154 (P262170)

Legal envelope 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 07134

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (inheritance Contract; Description of a house; Seal impressions; (Obv)6x(Rev)3 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. _5(disz) sar e2 kislah da e-sir2 egir e2 {d}ama-a-ra-zu_
 en: An unbuilt plot of 5 SAR adjacent to the street behind the temple of Ama-a'arazu,
2. _[sag-bi] e-sir2_ li-bur
 en: its front is (adjacent to) the street "Libūr",
3. _[sag 2(disz)-kam]-ma-bi e-sir2 bad3_
 en: the other (lit. second) front (is adjacent to) the street of the Wall,
4. _[ha-la-ba] ibila# {d}nin-lil2-zi-mu-ke4-ne_
 en: is the share of Ninlil-ziĝu’s heirs.
5. _[5(disz) sar] e2 kislah_
 en: An unbuilt plot of 5 SAR
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _[iti szu]-numun#-a_
 en: The month of Dumuzi,
  some text moved to next line
2'. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal [{gesz}]gu#-za nesag-ga2 {d}nanna sag-du-ga-ni-ra mu-un-na-dim2-ma_
 en: the year in which Samsu-iluna, the king, has made one throne as an offering for Nanna, his begetter.
seal 1
1. _dumu-me {d}nin-lil2-zi-gu10_
 en: The heirs (lit. the sons) of Ninlil-ziĝu
2. _dumu-me dingir-lu2-ti_
 en: The heirs of Diĝir-luti
3. _dumu-me {d}en-lil2-za!-e-me-en_
 en: The heirs of Enlil-za'emen
4. _dumu-me {d}nin-lil2-ma-an#-[szum2]_
 en: The heirs of Ninlil-manšum

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: Envelope Artifact type comments:

    envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: u. part
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  • Seal information:

    bur-gul seal

  • Artifact comments:

    envelope

  • Genre(s): Legal (inheritance Contract; Description of a house; Seal impressions; (Obv)6x(Rev)3 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 154

    [Chiera1922PBS8/2] Chiera, Edward. 1922. Old Babylonian Contracts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/2. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • history: TMH 10, 19d

    [Goddeeris2016TMH10] Goddeeris, Anne. 2016. The Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts in the Hilprecht Collection Jena. Texte Und Materialien Der Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection. Neue Folge 10. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 07134
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-05-18 at 16:46:05 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
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
2021-04-30 at 07:45:46 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI Approved View
2017-11-23 at 15:29:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-11-12 at 01:25:08 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-11-11 at 10:54:45 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

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

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

Goddeeris: cf. tablets TMH 019a & 019b and envelope frag. TMH 10, 019c

Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 08/2, 154 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262170.
PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry (No. P262170). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262170 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262170 (Accessed: February 17, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262170},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P262170
LB  - CDLI:P262170
M1  - 2026/2/17/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262170
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 08/2, 154 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262170.
PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry (No. P262170). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262170 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262170 (Accessed: February 17, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262170},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P262170
LB  - CDLI:P262170
M1  - 2026/2/17/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 154 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262170
ER  -
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