PBS 05, 156 (P268981)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13987

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal [identification uncertain] (Contract?; Epigraphy of Sargonic period; (Obv)7x(Rev)8 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: mid. part, ruled
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  • Genre(s): Legal [identification uncertain] (Contract?; Epigraphy of Sargonic period; (Obv)7x(Rev)8 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: PBS 5, 156

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

  • history: NATN, p. 39

    [Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

  • history: Poebel OLZ 25 pp.510ff.not yet checked

    [sec50541] N.d.

  • history: Landsberger Studies David, p.45

    [sec50542] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 13987
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 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
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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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 05, 156 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268981.
PBS 05, 156 artifact entry (No. P268981). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268981 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 05, 156 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268981 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {PBS 05, 156 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268981},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268981},
}


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