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PBS 01/2, 001 (P260980)

Letter tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 04711

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter, from Gimil-ili to Ibi-ilim; cylinder seal impressions of all the sides, letter complete, envelope with eight seal impressions. Tablet:(Obv)7x(LoE)1x(Rev)8x(UE)2x(LE)2 lines, Envelope:(Obv)2 lines, *date: before Hammurapi)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Condition Description: Tablet with envelope, tablet ruled
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (Letter, from Gimil-ili to Ibi-ilim; cylinder seal impressions of all the sides, letter complete, envelope with eight seal impressions. Tablet:(Obv)7x(LoE)1x(Rev)8x(UE)2x(LE)2 lines, Envelope:(Obv)2 lines, *date: before Hammurapi)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: PBS 1/2,, 001

[Lutz1919PBS1/2] Lutz, Henry F. 1919. Selected Sumerian and Babylonian Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 1/2. University of Pennsylvania.
history: PBS 14, 0324a

[Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.
history: AbB 11, 1

[Stol1986AbB11] Stol, Marten. 1986. Letters from Collections in Philadelphia, Chicago and Berkeley. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 11. Leiden: Brill.
history: PBS 7, 1

[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 04711
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (348735)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.4711)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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“PBS 01/2, 001 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980.

PBS 01/2, 001 artifact entry (No. P260980). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 01/2, 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 01/2, 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980},
}

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ER  -

“PBS 01/2, 001 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980.

PBS 01/2, 001 artifact entry (No. P260980). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980 (Original work published 2005)

PBS 01/2, 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 01/2, 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P260980
LB  - CDLI:P260980
M1  - 2024/4/25/
TI  - PBS 01/2, 001 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P260980
ER  -

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