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PBS 09, 040 (P263932)

Medical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 06195

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. n x x bar-UD
2. 7(disz)# [x x?] gi
3. u4-te-ta
4. a-a u3-gar
5. ge6-ba-a-ka
6. igi {d}utu-sze3
7. igi-a gar-ra
reverse
1. eme-ne2 lu2 i3-ni-su
2. a-ra2 7(disz)-am3
3. igi-na bi2-ib2-ur3-e
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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: PBS 9, 040

    [Barton1915PBS9] Barton, George A. 1915. Sumerian Business and Administrative Documents from the Earliest Times to the Dynasty of Agade. Publications of the Babylonian Section 9.

  • history: TMH 6, app. 6

    [Geller2003TMH6] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van, and Markham J. Geller. 2003. Ur III Incantations from the Frau Professor Hilprecht-Collection, Jena. Texte Und Materialien Der Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection of Babylonian Antiquities 6.

  • history: NATN, p. 8

    [Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 06195
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2017-02-16 at 13:56:40 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2017-02-16 at 08:49:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-12-12 at 23:40:11 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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CDLI Notes:

20170216 foxvog: medical recipe featuring quantities of dates and [x]-reed (not enuru incantation)

Cite this Artifact
“PBS 09, 040 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P263932.
PBS 09, 040 artifact entry (No. P263932). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263932 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 09, 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263932 (Accessed: April 25, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {PBS 09, 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263932},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263932},
}


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