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CBS 07507 (P262508)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 07507

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; seal impressions; (Obv)6 lines, (Rev)blank)

Language(s)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) sze gur lu2 szu-gid2-gid2# [x?]
2. 1(barig) ha-zi-ru lu2# [x?]-x
3. lu2 {d}suen-mu-ba-[li2]-it,#
4. 2(ban2) lu2 {d}utu-szi-x
5. 1(ban2) lu2 e-gi4-gi4
6. 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
reverse
blank space
seal impression
seal 1
1. {d}lugal-banda3{da}
2. gu2-sag pirig-asz-du
3. pirig-husz NAM2-bi-TAR-TAR

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Contract; seal impressions; (Obv)6 lines, (Rev)blank)
Language(s):

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 07507
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2018-05-20 at 09:08:07	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2018-05-19 at 15:39:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2018-04-10 at 10:42:49	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	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 (582301) (582301)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.7507) (CBS.7507)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003712 (composite) (P456422)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 07507 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262508.

CBS 07507 artifact entry (No. P262508). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262508 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 07507 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262508 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 07507 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262508},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262508},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 07507 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262508.

CBS 07507 artifact entry (No. P262508). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262508 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 07507 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262508 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 07507 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262508},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262508},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P262508
M1  - 2026/1/29/
TI  - CBS 07507 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262508
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