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AbB 11, 133 (P262754)

Letter 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 07741

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; (Obv)15x(LoE)2x(Rev)15x(UE)1 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na wa-tar-{d}utu qi2-bi2#-[ma]
2. um-ma dingir-szu-ib-ni-szu-[ma]
3. {d}suen u3 {d}utu li-ba-al-li-t,u3#-ka#
4. e-pe2-szum sza te-pu-szu da-mi-i-iq#
5. ma-a-tum ka#-lu-sza mi-nam i-te-ni-ma
6. isz#-tu# be-el-ni szi-ip-ra-am s,a-ab-tu
7. ka-rum u3 _dah_-hu a-na s,e#-er be-li2-ni
8. gu-um-mu-ur u3 1(disz) _erin2 gi-il2_
9. ma-ah-ri-ia u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi
10. u3 _dam-gar3-mesz_ a-na _gi-il2_ isz#-ku-nu
11. 1(disz) _lu2_ sza _mar uruda hi-a_
12. u3 MASZ x (x) ri is-su2#-hu
13. u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi
14. [x-x] ZI-ZA-_mesz_
15. sza# s,u2-ha-ru-u2-a [(...)]
16. ir-du-nim ta-ma-ah-ha-ar-ma#
17. _gudu4-mesz_ x x x (x)
reverse
1. sza _e2_ AD x x
2. i-na ka-bi-it-ti-ia-ma
3. lu-ur2-di-szu-nu-ti
4. u3 szum-ma di-gi-il-ka
5. re-sza-am ki#-il-ma
6. _erin2 hi-a_ sza _iri_ a-ha-nu-ta{ki} te-e-er
7. um-ma at-ta-ma a-di ta-na-sa3-ha-nim
8. i-il-la#-[ku] ma#-a-tum an-ni#-tum na-da-at
9. x [x x] ka#-li-szu-nu a-li-a-am
10. a-na#-ku# u3 at-ta# ki-i ni-id-bu-ub
11. um-ma a-na-ku-ma ma-ah-ri-a-am
12. t,u3-ur-dam-ma i-se-eh-ta-szu li-x-x
13. tup-pi2 i-na a-ma-ri-[ka (...)]
14. pa-ni _dam-gar3#-mesz#_ sza# [...]
15. {disz}ar-[...]
16. li-is,-ba-tam-ma li-li#-[kam]

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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: ru. corner missing, ruled
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  • Genre(s): Letter (Letter; (Obv)15x(LoE)2x(Rev)15x(UE)1 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: AbB 11, 133

    [Stol1986AbB11] Stol, Marten. 1986. Letters from Collections in Philadelphia, Chicago and Berkeley. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 11. Leiden: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 07741
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-11 at 14:10:37 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune Archives Babyloniennes Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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
2022-08-03 at 15:02:56 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2019-05-24 at 11:25:15 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale 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
“AbB 11, 133 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262754.
AbB 11, 133 artifact entry (No. P262754). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262754 (Original work published 2005)
AbB 11, 133 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262754 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 11, 133 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262754},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262754},
}


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