JCS 07, 148 - 176, 60 (P282741)

Tablet excavated in Šibaniba (mod. Tell Billa), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 33-38-37

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Šibaniba (mod. Tell Billa)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

-

Language(s)

-

Measurements

42.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na {disz}li-bur-_lugal_
 en: To Libur-Šarri,
2. qi2-bi-ma
 en: speak!
3. um-ma _dumu-sal_ uz-na-ni
 en: Thus, the daughter of Uzninu:
4. asz2-szum2 _udu-mesz_ sza t,e2-ma
 en: “About the sheep, the message about which,
5. asz2-ku-nu-ka-ni
 en: I wrote you,
6. _lu2_ al-tap-ra#
 en: I am sending a man.
7. ar-hisz2 t,e2-ma
 en: Quickly, a message
reverse
1. szu-ku-un-[ma]
 en: send!
2. _lu2_ la tu-sa-har
 en: Do not retain the man.”
3. _dug_ [...] ka?-li
 en: x x x
4. [...] ha [...]
 en: x x x
5. asz2-[...]-in
 en: x x x

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P282741

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 42.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Šibaniba (mod. Tell Billa)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 33-38-37
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 568006
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.33-38-37
Text Corpus of Middle Assyrian (TCMA) P282741

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-05 at 09:19:14 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-01 at 19:57:55 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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
2021-10-15 at 12:58:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2012-05-11 at 02:19:43 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 07, 148 - 176, 60 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P282741.
JCS 07, 148 - 176, 60 artifact entry (No. P282741). (2024, June 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P282741 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 07, 148 - 176, 60 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P282741 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
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	title = {JCS 07, 148 - 176, 60 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P282741},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P282741},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“JCS 07, 148 - 176, 60 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P282741.
JCS 07, 148 - 176, 60 artifact entry (No. P282741). (2024, June 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P282741 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 07, 148 - 176, 60 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P282741 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 5},
	title = {JCS 07, 148 - 176, 60 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P282741},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P282741},
}


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