OSP 2, 084 (P216238)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 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

N 0284

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account (preliminary) of onions harvested in one field; 19x17x13x3 lines; 10.9x7.9 cms.)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 3(u@c) 5(asz@c) szum2 kab2-ku5 1(ban2@c)
2. geme2-abzu
3. 4(u@c) 2(asz@c) nam-mah 2(ban2@c)
4. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ur-kid2-ma 2(ban2@c)
5. 2(gesz2@c) la2 1(u@c) ne-sag 2(ban2@c)
6. 2(gesz2@c) igi-bar 2(ban2@c)
7. 3(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) lugal-nig2-zu 1(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3
8. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) ur-{d}nin-urta 1(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3
9. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) lugal-en8-tar-sux(SZUM) 1(ban2@c)
10. 4(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) KA-ku3 1(ban2@c)
11. 3(u@c) ur-dam 1(disz) sila3
12. 4(u@c) im-ta 5(disz) sila3
column 2
1. 4(u@c) e2-[...] 2/3(disz)
2. 2(u@c) lugal-lu2 1(barig@c)
3. 2(gesz2@c) {d}en-lil2-la2 2(ban2@c)
4. 2(u@c) 2(asz@c) bu3-bu3 5(disz) sila3
5. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) ad-da 5(disz) sila3
6. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) lu2-x 1(ban2@c)
7. 2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) ur-tir 1(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3
8. 3(u@c) 5(asz@c) nita-zi 2(ban2@c)
9. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) ur-kid2-ma 4(disz) sila3
10. 2(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) lugal-iti-da 5(disz) sila3
11. 1(gesz2@c) lu-lil-la 1(ban2@c)
12. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) ne-sag 1(ban2@c)
13. 5(u@c) 5(asz@c) {d}en-lil2-le 5(disz) sila3
14. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) ur-sa6 1(ban2@c) 5(disz) [sila3]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(gesz2@c) il2 5(disz) sila3
2. 2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 5(disz) iri-mu 2(ban2@c)
3. 4(u@c) du-du 1(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3
4. 1(gesz2@c) ur-ku3 2(ban2@c)
5. 1(gesz2@c) 8(disz) lugal-iti-da 2(ban2@c)
6. 3(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) ur-e-ga 2(ban2@c)
7. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 3(asz@c) nam-tar-re2 2(ban2@c)
8. lu2 en
9. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) ur-{d}inanna 1(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3
10. 2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 6(asz@c) ur-li 1(ban2@c)
11. 1(gesz2@c) 6(asz@c) nam-tar-re2 5(disz) sila3
12. 4(u@c) 5(asz@c) ur-su 2(ban2@c)
column 2
1. szunigin 4(gesz'u@c) 6(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) szum2 kab2-ku5
2. GAN2 za3-mu-ba-ni-us2

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Account (preliminary) of onions harvested in one field; 19x17x13x3 lines; 10.9x7.9 cms.)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: OSP 2, 84

    [Westenholz1987OSP2] Westenholz, Aage. 1987. Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia, Chiefly from Nippur. Part 2: The “Akkadian” Texts, the Enlilemaba Texts, and the Onion Archive. CNI Publications 3. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum press, University of Copenhagen.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 0284
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Classical Sargonic

  • Dates Referenced: Shar-kali-sharri.00.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-04-02 at 17:44:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:02 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OSP 2, 084 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216238.
OSP 2, 084 artifact entry (No. P216238). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216238 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 084 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216238 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 084 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216238},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216238},
}


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