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PBS 08/2, 150 (P262209)

Business / Contracts 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 07176

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Loan of silver from the Temple Contract; loan of money without interest from the temple of (d)Shamash; (Obv)5x(LoE)2x(Rev)6x(UE)3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 8(disz) sze ku3-babbar
 en: 1 1/2 shekels and 18 grains (= 288 grains) of silver,
2. masz2 nu-ub-tuku
 en: without interest,
3. ugu dumu-ki
 en: Mār-erṣetim
4. {d}utu in-tuku
 en: owes to Šamaš.
5. nam-ti-la-ni-sze3
 en: (If) he is alive
6. u3 silim-ma-ni-sze3
 en: and in good health
reverse
1. sza3 {d}utu
 en: the heart of Šamaš
2. bi2-ib-du10-ge
 en: will be satisfied.
3. igi {d}nanna
 en: Before Nanna;
4. igi {d}inanna
 en: before Inanna;
5. igi nu-ur2-{d}nin-szubur dub-sar
 en: before Nūr-Nin-šubur, the scribe.
6. iti szu-numun-a u4 3(u)-[kam]
 en: The month of Dumuzi, the day 30
7. mu bad3 uri2{ki} unu{ki}-ga mu-un-gul-la
 en: the year in which (Samsu-iluna) destroyed the walls of Ur and Uruk.

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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 > Business / Contracts (Loan of silver from the Temple Contract; loan of money without interest from the temple of (d)Shamash; (Obv)5x(LoE)2x(Rev)6x(UE)3 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 150

    [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 07176
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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
2021-03-27 at 10:45:53 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2020-06-09 at 05:02:15 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, 150 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262209.
PBS 08/2, 150 artifact entry (No. P262209). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262209 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 150 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262209 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 150 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262209},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262209},
}


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