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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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 09044

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

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

Language(s)

Sumerian

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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
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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
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Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 09044
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-11-22 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“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 22, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-22]},
	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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