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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

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

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P268981
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P268981

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment mid. part, ruled

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 13987
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	587471
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.13987

References

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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
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

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 3, 2026).

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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 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	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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