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CBS 07588 (P262589)

Legal tablet 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 07588

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; (Obv)5x(Rev)4 lines)

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig)#? [...]
  possibly just ablank line
2. 5(disz) sila3# ansze#-[edin-na]
3. 1(barig) 2(ban2) gu4 niga
4. 2(ban2) udu niga#
5. 1(ban2) szah2 niga#
6. 1(barig) szah2 ze2-eh-tur#
reverse
1. 4(disz) sila3 dara3-masz
2. 3(barig)#? 5(ban2) [n]+1(disz) sila3#
  blank space
3. iti# ki# 9(disz)#? sig4#?-a#? [u4 n-kam]
4. mu# [us2-sa i3-si-in{ki} ba-dab5-ba]

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: broken
  • Join Information:
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract; (Obv)5x(Rev)4 lines)
  • Language(s):

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 07588
  • Accession No.:

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-04-07 at 11:24:19 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CBS 07588 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262589.
CBS 07588 artifact entry (No. P262589). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262589 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 07588 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262589 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 07588 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262589},
}


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