OSP 2, 099 (P216253)

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

CBS 06216 + CBS 06227 + N 0034

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Cosecha de cebollas.)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has fragments

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) szum2 kab2-ku5
2. szum2-bi 1(ban2@c)-ta
3. ug3-IL2
4. 3(gesz2@c) 2(ban2@c)-ta
5. ga-esz3
6. [...] la2 2/3(asz@c){sza#-na-[bi]}
  rest broken
column 2
1. 3(gesz2@c) 8(asz@c) 2(ban2@c)#? [...]
2. kur#-mu#-gam
3. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 1(ban2@c) igi 4(disz)
4. gala
5. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 5(disz)# sila3
6. lugal#-ra
7. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) [...]
  rest broken
column 3
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]
4. [...]
5. 2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c)#? 1(ban2@c)#? [...]
column 4
  broken
column 5
  broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 2(u@c) [...]
2'. {d}utu-ga-[zi]
3'. 2(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) 2(ban2@c)#? [...]
4'. ur-tum#-[al6]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. ur2#-ni#
2'. 2(u@c) 2(ban2@c)#
3'. ur-{d}gu2-la2
4'. 3(u@c) 2(ban2@c)
5'. lugal-ki-gal-la
  blank space
6'. GAN2 banda3{da#}[{ki}]
7'. 1(gesz2@c) 1(disz)#? [n sila3]
8'. USZ#-[...]
9'. [...]
10'. [...]
column 3
1. na#-pa2-lu5#
2. 3(u@c) 5(disz) sila3
3. lugal#-ki-ag2
4. 3(u@c) 2/3(asz@c)
5. ur2-ni
6. 3(u@c) 5(disz) sila3
7. ur-{d}nin-urta
  blank space
8. {ki}kiri6 ensi2
9. 1(gesz2@c)#? [...] 1(asz@c)#? 1(ban2@c)#? [...]
10. [...]
column 4
  beginning broken
  blank space
column 5
1. [...] pa3#-da#

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description:
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  • primary: OSP 2, 99

    [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.

  • history: PBS 9, 058 + 073

    [Barton1915PBS9] Barton, George A. 1915. Sumerian Business and Administrative Documents from the Earliest Times to the Dynasty of Agade. Publications of the Babylonian Section 9.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 06216 + CBS 06227 + N 0034
  • 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
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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CDLI Notes:

P216253 lead; OSP 2, 099 CBS 06216 + CBS 06227P216253 lead; OSP 2, 099 CBS 06216 + CBS 06227

Cite this Artifact
“OSP 2, 099 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216253.
OSP 2, 099 artifact entry (No. P216253). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216253 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 099 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216253 (Accessed: May 7, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216253},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216253},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216253
LB  - CDLI:P216253
M1  - 2025/5/7/
TI  - OSP 2, 099 artifact entry
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