PBS 08/2, 156 (P262205)

Legal 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 07172

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Loan of barley w/interest; (Obv)7x(Rev)6x(UE)1 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) sze gur
2. masz2 in-tuku
3. ki u-bar-{d}utu-ta
4. {disz}na-bi-{d}utu-ke4
5. szu ba-an-ti
6. mu-kux(DU) buru14-ka
7. sze u3 masz2-bi
reverse
1. gur-ru-dam
2. igi i-pi2-iq-er3-ra
3. igi ku-ru-um
  blank space
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(disz)-kam
5. mu i7 sa-<am>-su-i-lu-na!-he2-gal2 mu-ba-al

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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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  • Genre(s): Legal (Loan of barley w/interest; (Obv)7x(Rev)6x(UE)1 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 156

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 07172
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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
2020-06-09 at 05:20:45 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram 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 08/2, 156 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262205.
PBS 08/2, 156 artifact entry (No. P262205). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262205 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 156 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262205 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 156 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262205},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262205},
}


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