OSP 2, 097 (P216251)

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 0562

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of onion harvest in 3 fields; dated; 0x1x6x0x7x24x17x6 lines; 11.8x12.6 cms)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. 3(gesz2@c) [1(u@c) ur-da] 1(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3#
2'. 2(gesz2@c)# 4(u@c)# 4(asz@c) inim#-[ma-ni] 1(ban2@c) 5(disz)# [sila3]
3'. [...]
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. [3(u@c) 5(asz@c) geme2]-abzu# 1(ban2@c)#
2'. [4(u@c) 2(asz@c)] nam#-mah# 2(ban2@c)
3'. [1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c)] 8(asz@c)# ur#-[tag4]-ma# 2(ban2@c)
4'. 2(gesz2@c) la2 1(u@c) ne-sag 2(ban2@c)
5'. [2(gesz2@c)] igi#-bar# 2(ban2@c)#
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. 1(gesz2@c) [2(u@c) 5(asz@c) lu2-x 1(ban2@c)]
2'. 2(gesz2@c) 1(u@c)# [ur-tir] 1(ban2@c)#
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 1(gesz2@c)# 2(u@c)# [ur-sa6 1(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3]
2'. 1(gesz2@c) il2#
3'. 2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) iri#-mu# [2(ban2@c)]
4'. 4(u@c) du-du# [1(ban2@c) 5(disz) sila3]
5'. 1(gesz2@c) ur-ku3 2(ban2@c)#
6'. 1(gesz2@c) 8(asz@c) lugal-iti#-[da] 2(ban2@c)
7'. 3(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) ur-e-ga# [2(ban2@c)]
8'. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 3(asz@c) nam-tar#-[re2 2(ban2@c)] lu2# [en]
column 2
1. [4(u@c) 5(asz@c) ur]-li# [1(ban2@c)]
2. [1(gesz2@c) 6(asz@c)] nam#-tar-re2 5(disz) sila3
3. [4(u@c)] 5(asz@c) ur-su# [2(ban2@c)]
4. GAN2 za3-mu#-ba-ni-us2#
5. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) lugal#-KA# 5(disz) sila3#
6. 2(gesz2@c) a-ba-{d}en-lil2# 5(disz) sila3#
7. 4(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) {d}en-lil2#-le igi 3(disz)#
8. 3(gesz2@c) ki-ag2 5(disz) sila3
9. 5(gesz2@c) du11-ga-ni igi 4(disz)
10. 4(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) ne-sag 5(disz) sila3
11. 2(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) nam-tar-re2 igi 3(disz)
12. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) ur#-{d}nin#-urta igi 3(disz)
13. 2(gesz2@c) ur-abzu igi 6(disz)
14. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) ne-sag igi# 3(disz)
15. [n] hu#-gu-x
column 3
1. [2(u@c) dingir-ba-ni 5(disz) sila3]
2. [...]
3. [...] 2/3(asz@c)#
4. [1(gesz2@c)] 5(u@c)# ur-{d}inanna 2/3(asz@c)#
5. 6(gesz2@c)# a-ne#-da# 1(ban2@c)
6. 5(gesz2@c) la2 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) ur-da 1(ban2@c)
7. 2(gesz2@c) ad-da 2/3(asz@c)
8. 2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) du11-ga-ni 2/3(asz@c)
9. 2(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 2(asz@c) {d}en-lil2-a2-mu 1(ban2@c)
10. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) sza3-ga-ni 1(ban2@c)
11. 1(gesz2@c) ur-{d}isztaran 1(ban2@c)
12. [2(gesz2@c)] 2(u@c)# 2(asz@c)# {d}en-lil2-la2 1(ban2@c)
13. [1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c)] ur#-e2 1(ban2@c)
14. [2(gesz2@c) la2 1(u@c) 3(asz@c)] ur2#-ni# [1(ban2@c)]
15. [GAN2 szum2-la2{ki}]
column 4
  blank space
1. [szunigin 3(szar2@c) 1(gesz'u@c) 5(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) 1(asz@c) szum2 kab2-ku5]
2. [szum2-bi 7(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) 9(asz@c) la2 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 lid2-ga]
3. [za3 1(u)-bi] 2(gesz'u@c)# 3(u@c) 5(asz@c) szum2 kab2-ku5
4. [szum2]-bi# 4(u@c) 7(asz@c) [3(barig@c) n lid2]-ga#
  blank space
5. [mu us2 e2-{d}en-lil2-ka ki ab-gar-ra mu ab-us2-a]

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Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Record of onion harvest in 3 fields; dated; 0x1x6x0x7x24x17x6 lines; 11.8x12.6 cms)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: OSP 2, 97

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: N 0562
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2012-07-11 at 16:54:34 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara 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, 097 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216251.
OSP 2, 097 artifact entry (No. P216251). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216251 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 097 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216251 (Accessed: April 24, 2024).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 097 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216251},
}


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