PBS 08/2, 159 (P262267)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Metadata history
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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07237

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract (rare); Purchase of a donkey; seal impressions all over the surfaces; (Obv)11x(LoE)2x(Rev)10 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Contract (rare); Purchase of a donkey; seal impressions all over the surfaces; (Obv)11x(LoE)2x(Rev)10 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian, Sumerian

Chronology

Period Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P262267

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
center broken

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 07237
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 582079
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7237

References

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 159

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

  • history: MSKH 1, p.161

    [Brinkman1976MSKH1] Brinkman, John A. 1976. A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty. Materials and Studies for Kassite History 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago.

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
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/2, 159 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262267.
PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry (No. P262267). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262267 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262267 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262267},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262267},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P262267
LB  - CDLI:P262267
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262267
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/2, 159 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262267.
PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry (No. P262267). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262267 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262267 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262267},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262267},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P262267
LB  - CDLI:P262267
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 159 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262267
ER  -
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