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

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

-

Text

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”.

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P262230

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 07198
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 582043
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7198

References

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 118

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2021-12-20 at 10:56:06 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI Approved View
2020-06-25 at 05:13:22 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram 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

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 18, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262230},
}

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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 18, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	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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