PBS 08/1, 025 (P268922)

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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Metadata history
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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13912

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)16x(Rev)15 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (W/seal impressions; (Obv)16x(Rev)15 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P268922

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
lo. corners missing, ruled, badly abraded

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 13912
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 587416
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.13912

References

  • primary: PBS 8/1, 25

    [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. 1594

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

  • history: PBS 5, 080 (year date only)

    [Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata 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 metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/1, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P268922.
PBS 08/1, 025 artifact entry (No. P268922). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268922 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268922 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268922},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268922},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P268922
LB  - CDLI:P268922
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - PBS 08/1, 025 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P268922
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 08/1, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P268922.
PBS 08/1, 025 artifact entry (No. P268922). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268922 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268922 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268922},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268922},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P268922
LB  - CDLI:P268922
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - PBS 08/1, 025 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P268922
ER  -
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