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

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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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Sedimentary rock > Limestone
  • Measurements (mm): 150.0 high × 115.0 wide × 28.0 thick
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • Genre(s): Legal ((i)6x(ii)14x(iii)6 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

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  • Museum No.: CBS 09569 + CBS 09580
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 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
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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P264929 leadP264929 lead

Cite this Artifact
“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 29, 2025).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	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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