Tablet

CBS8040

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Babylonian

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Object Number CBS8040
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Old Babylonian Period
Date Made 1900-1600 BCE
Section Babylonian
Materials Clay
Description

Letter text fragment. Lg case of 7126 with fine seal impressions; Letter? PBS XIV: Two divine attendants adoring with both hands up on either side of the inscription. They have the usual horned mitre, hair tied in a loop and flounced robe.

“Hammurabi ili//son of Iribaman…//servant of Hammurabi”

Seal impress. on a fragment of the clay envelope of a letter. There was an address in cuneiform characters: “to…”. Nippur.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900
Other Number P262967 - CDLI Number | B8040 - Old Museum Number | CBS 08040 - Other Number | PBS XIV: 328 - Other Number

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