PBS 08/1, 086 (P268598)

Legal tablet & envelope 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 13565 & (CBS 13773 + CBS 13776 + CBS 13783 + CBS 13785 + CBS 13787 + CBS 13790)

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Lease of a field; (Obv)10x(Rev)10x(UE)3 lines)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Lease of a field; (Obv)10x(Rev)10x(UE)3 lines)
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  • primary: PBS 8/1, 86

    [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. 45 no. 8

    [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. 1715

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 13565 & (CBS 13773 + CBS 13776 + CBS 13783 + CBS 13785 + CBS 13787 + CBS 13790)
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
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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CDLI Notes:

P268598 leadP268598 lead

Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/1, 086 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P268598.
PBS 08/1, 086 artifact entry (No. P268598). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268598 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268598 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268598},
}


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