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PBS 08/2, 158 (P262298)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07272

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; seal impressions all over the surfaces; (Obv)5x(Rev)7x(LE)1 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Condition Description: lo. part
Join Information:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Contract; seal impressions all over the surfaces; (Obv)5x(Rev)7x(LE)1 lines)
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: PBS 8/2, 158

[Chiera1922PBS8/2] Chiera, Edward. 1922. Old Babylonian Contracts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/2. Philadelphia: University Museum.
history: MSKH 1, p.239

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 07272
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (582113) (582113)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.7272) (CBS.7272)

Seals

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

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

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 08/2, 158 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262298.

PBS 08/2, 158 artifact entry (No. P262298). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262298 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 08/2, 158 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262298 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 158 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262298},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262298},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 08/2, 158 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262298.

PBS 08/2, 158 artifact entry (No. P262298). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262298 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 08/2, 158 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262298 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 158 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262298},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262298},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P262298
LB  - CDLI:P262298
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 158 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262298
ER  -