PBS 08/1, 012 (P266803)

Legal 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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11662

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (W/seal impressions; (Obv)17x(Rev)19 lines)

Language(s)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: rev. RLo. corner damaged, joined
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  • Genre(s): Legal (W/seal impressions; (Obv)17x(Rev)19 lines)
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  • primary: PBS 8/1, 12

    [Chiera1914PBS8/1] Chiera, Edward. 1914. Legal and Administrative Documents from Nippur, Chiefly from the Dynasties of Isin and Larsa. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/1. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • history: PBS 8/1, p. 51-54 no. 14

    [Chiera1914PBS8/1] Chiera, Edward. 1914. Legal and Administrative Documents from Nippur, Chiefly from the Dynasties of Isin and Larsa. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/1. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1436

    [Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: RA 076 (pp. 97-117), 103 (year-name only)

    [Lieberman1982RA76] Lieberman, Stephen J. 1982. “The Years of Damiqilishu, King of Isin.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 76 (2): 97–117. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23282471.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-28 at 12:23:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 18:47:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 18:42:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-12-22 at 03:06:43 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-12-19 at 06:50:34 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/1, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P266803.
PBS 08/1, 012 artifact entry (No. P266803). (2024, August 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266803 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 012 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266803 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 28},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266803},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266803},
}


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