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CBS 07654 (P262655)

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 07654

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; (Obv)6x(Rev)7x(UE)1 lines)

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) 8(disz)# sila3 ansze
2. 6(disz) sila3 ansze-edin-na
3. 3(barig) gu4 niga
4. 1(barig) 5(ban2) gu4 esz3-esz3
5. 2(ban2) udu niga#
6. 1(barig) udu-nita
reverse
1. [1(ban2)] szah2# niga
2. [2(ban2)] szah2 ze2-eh-tur
3. 6(disz) sila3# dara3-masz
  blank space
4. 2(asz) 1(barig) gur
5. iti ki 8(disz) kin-{d}inanna u4 1(disz)-kam#
6. 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
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  • Condition Description: re. &rev. partly broken, ruled
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract; (Obv)6x(Rev)7x(UE)1 lines)
  • Language(s):

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 07654
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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 11:25:45 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 07654 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262655.
CBS 07654 artifact entry (No. P262655). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262655 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 07654 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262655 (Accessed: April 25, 2025).
@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 07654 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262655},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262655},
}


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