PBS 08/2, 118 (P262230)

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 07198

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan Contract; loan of barley; (Obv)9x(Rev)2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur#
 en: 1 kor, 2 pānum (and) 2 seahs of barley,
2. szu-<la2> masz2 nu-ub-tuku
 en: as a "qīptum" loan with no interest,
3. ki {d}en-lil2-ba-ni-ta
 en: from Enlil-bani
4. {disz}{d}utu-dingir-ke4
 en: Šamaš-ilī
5. szu# ba-an-ti
 en: has borrowed.
6. mu-kux(DU) u4 buru14-ka
 en: At the delivery of the harvest,
7. sze al-ag2-e
 en: the barley will be measured out.
8. igi {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
 en: Before Sîn-išmea(n)ni;
9. igi ha-ab#-lum
 en: before Ḫablum;
reverse
1. igi i-din-na-na-a-a
 en: I(d)din-nanâya;
2. igi dingir-ma-an-szum2
 en: Ilī-manšum.
  blank space
3. iti sig4-a-ka
 en: The month of Simāmum,
4. mu ha-mu-ra-pi2 lugal#
 en: the year “Ḫa(m)murapi the king”.

Consult previous versions and their differences
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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: PBS 8/2, 118

    [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 07198
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/2, 118 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262230.
PBS 08/2, 118 artifact entry (No. P262230). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262230 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 118 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262230 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 118 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262230},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262230},
}

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