PBS 15, 20 (P269054)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 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 14033

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (A deed of sale; cut and reused as a round lid; (i)4x(ii)4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

45.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 13.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [n ku3] ma#-na [n] gin2#
2'. [x]-KAK#-KAK
3'. [n] ku3# gin2
4'. [...] x
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. 1(bur3@c) 3(iku@c)# GAN2#-mah
3'. nig2-sa10
4'. 1(u@c) ku3 gin2#
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Stone
  • Measurements (mm): 45.0 high × 45.0 wide × 13.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Stone tablet circular, ruled, 2 cols.; rev. broken away; re-used as a round lid in ancient times
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  • Genre(s): Legal (A deed of sale; cut and reused as a round lid; (i)4x(ii)4 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 14033
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 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
2017-06-24 at 11:37:28 Foxvog, Daniel A. 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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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 15, 20 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269054.
PBS 15, 20 artifact entry (No. P269054). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269054 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 15, 20 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269054 (Accessed: May 6, 2025).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {PBS 15, 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269054},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269054},
}


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