PBS 08/1, 097 (P268231)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 13146

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative ((Obv)3x(Rev)0 lines; *Reported by Haynes as having come from the middle layers of the great temple platform, in his letter of Dec. 14, 1895)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...] 2(asz)#? [...] ki#?
3'. xn la2 1(aszx@45)-kam
4'. iti szu-numun
5'. nu-banda3 ur-{d}ba-ba6
reverse
  blank space

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Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Lo. half, ruled, rev. blank
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  • Genre(s): Administrative ((Obv)3x(Rev)0 lines; *Reported by Haynes as having come from the middle layers of the great temple platform, in his letter of Dec. 14, 1895)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PBS 8/1, 97

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 13146
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/1, 097 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P268231.
PBS 08/1, 097 artifact entry (No. P268231). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268231 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 097 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268231 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 097 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268231},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268231},
}

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