PBS 15, 03 (P264929)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 09569 + CBS 09580

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Sedimentary rock > Limestone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal ((i)6x(ii)14x(iii)6 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

150.0 mm × 115.0 mm × 28.0 mm

Has fragments

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal ((i)6x(ii)14x(iii)6 lines)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

P264929 leadP264929 lead

CDLI number	P264929 P220643 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P264929

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	150.0 mm × 115.0 mm × 28.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Sedimentary rock > Limestone
Preservation	Fragmented

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 09569 + CBS 09580
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	584345 + 584346
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.9569

References

primary: PBS 15, 03

[Legrain1926PBS15] Legrain, Léon. 1926. Royal Inscriptions and Fragments from Nippur and Babylon. Publications of the Babylonian Section 15. University Museum, Pennsylvania.
history: OIP 104, 028

[Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace J., Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 15, 03 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P264929.

PBS 15, 03 artifact entry (No. P264929). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264929 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 15, 03 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264929 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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	month = {jul 3},
	title = {PBS 15, 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264929},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264929},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 15, 03 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P264929.

PBS 15, 03 artifact entry (No. P264929). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264929 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 15, 03 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264929 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {PBS 15, 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264929},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264929},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P264929
LB  - CDLI:P264929
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - PBS 15, 03 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P264929
ER  -