PBS 11/3, 051 (P427606)

Business / Contracts tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 09044

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (lexical, model contract Ur III)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] gada# igi du#?
2. [...] gada ni gada
3. [...] lu2-ama-{d}inanna
4. [...] igi-sze-a-mu
5. [...] {d}nin-x-an-dul3
6. [...] sanga
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] lugal#-gu-la
2'. [...] x tesz2-tesz2 nu-banda3 lu2 x
3'. [...] 4(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku 1/4(iku) GAN2 hul-tag
4'. [...] 4(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku 1/4(iku) GAN2 ur-nigar{gar}
5'. [...] inim-{d}szara2
6'. [...] a-tu
7'. [...] sag-hul nu-du
8'. [...] lu2-sa6-ga
9'. [...] 3(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal-ta
10'. [...] 2(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz)sila3 sze gu[r lugal]
11'. [...] ur-nigar{gar} dub-sar [...]
12'. [...] lu2 {gesz}kiri6
13'. [...] a-sza3 la2-mah
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (lexical, model contract Ur III) School text
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P427606

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 09044
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191986
Penn Museum (Penn) 583727
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.9044

References

  • primary: PBS 11/3, 051

    [Chiera1919PBS11/3] Chiera, Edward. 1919. Lists of Personal Names from the Temple School of Nippur: Lists of Sumerian Personal Names. Publications of the Babylonian Section 11/3.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2013-12-01 at 15:13:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-11-22 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 11/3, 051 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P427606.
PBS 11/3, 051 artifact entry (No. P427606). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P427606 (Original work published 2011)
PBS 11/3, 051 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P427606 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 11/3, 051 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P427606},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P427606},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 11/3, 051 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P427606.
PBS 11/3, 051 artifact entry (No. P427606). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P427606 (Original work published 2011)
PBS 11/3, 051 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P427606 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 11/3, 051 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P427606},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P427606},
}


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PY  - 2023
ID  - P427606
LB  - CDLI:P427606
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - PBS 11/3, 051 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P427606
ER  -
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