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PBS 08/1, 015 (P268977)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13983

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Purchase of a temple office; W/seal impressions on Rev.,UE.≤ ruled; (Obv)12x(Rev)17 lines; *d:the year of the king Di, in which the lu3-mah of the goddess Nininsina was installed; *ruled)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: frag,Lo. cnrs. missing,obv. R&Lo. pts. abraded,8
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Purchase of a temple office; W/seal impressions on Rev.,UE.≤ ruled; (Obv)12x(Rev)17 lines; *d:the year of the king Di, in which the lu3-mah of the goddess Nininsina was installed; *ruled)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 8/1, 15

    [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. 40-41 no. 5

    [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. 1651

    [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), 102, 4e (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.

  • history: PBS 5, 071 (year name only)

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 13983
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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
2017-12-21 at 03:38:02 Firth, Richard Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. 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):

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 08/1, 015 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268977.
PBS 08/1, 015 artifact entry (No. P268977). (2024, August 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268977 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/1, 015 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268977 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 28},
	title = {PBS 08/1, 015 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268977},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268977},
}


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