PBS 10/4, 12 (P263855)
Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 06060Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary (List of cult symbols; (Obv)(i)30x(ii)33x(Rev)(iii)17x(iv)19 lines, 4 x 3-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Condition Description: ru. &llo. corners missing, 4 cols.
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primary: PBS 10/4, 12
[Langdon1919PBS10/4] Langdon, Stephen H. 1919. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms. Publications of the Babylonian Section 10/4. University Museum, Pennsylvania.
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history: MJ 9, p. 151
[Langdon1918MJ9] Langdon, Stephen H. 1918. “A Tablet On The Mysteries Of Babylonian Symbolism.” Museum Journal, University of Pennsylvania 9 (2): 151–56.
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history: MMEW, p. 175-186 (col. i-ii), p. 96-97 (iii, 1-5), p. 186 (iii, 6-12), p. 54-57 (iii, 13 - iv, 12), p. 260 (colophon)
[Livingstone1986MMEW] Livingstone, Alasdair. 1986. Mystical and Mythological Explanatory Works of Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Oxford : Clarendon.
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- Museum No.: CBS 06060
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-08-06 at 17:10:48 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Penn Museum (559036) (559036)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.6060) (CBS.6060)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025PBS,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-16]},
year = {2025},
month = {aug 6},
title = {PBS 10/4, 12 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P263855},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263855},
}
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