OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C (P010540)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0563 + N 0564 + N 0566 + N 0567 + N 0585 + N 0596

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Lexical; from Fara?; dupl. AbS T 301, 310, 311, 312; 6x10x8 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x x
2'. x x
3'. |URUxLAGAB|
4'. |EZENxASZ|
5'. |LAGABxZA|
6'. [...]-iri
7'. x x
8'. [...]-mun#
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ki#
2'. USZ# x LAM-SAG |KAK&KAK|
3'. gi-gur7
4'. gi-rin
5'. hal-gi
6'. gi-hal AN lix(SZA)-na
7'. suhusz gun3-gun3 ki
8'. kar2#-en ki
9'. su#?-en ki
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. tusz-ki-gar
2'. TU gesz? ZA tir#
3'. AN {d}nin-tin-ug5-ga
4'. SAL ANSZE?
5'. |GA2xSAL|-[...]
6'. UD-NUN-[...]
7'. sul-iri#
  rest broken
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...]-si#
3'. [...]-mun
4'. szuszx(|SZE.NAM2|)
5'. [...]-|SZE.NAM2|
6'. garaszx(KASKAL)
7'. ga'eszx(KASKAL)#-ki
8'. x-ki
9'. uszx(LAK672a)# ki
10'. GI# x NE
  rest broken
column 5
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ildu3
2'. zu-en
3'. x zu-en#
4'. HI EZEN e2
5'. ebih
6'. szuba-lal2
7'. |GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
8'. u3-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
9'. u3#-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|-gal-SZID#
10'. AB-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
11'. tir#
12'. x x
13'. da-[...]
  rest broken
column 6
  beginning broken
1'. lam-ki
2'. SZE3# gu4-si ki#
3'. gu2?-si ki
4'. ak x x [...]
5'. GAR en#?-[...]
6'. SZIM#-[...]
7'. nam2#-[...]
  rest broken
column 7
  beginning broken
1'. tur# x
2'. abgal-ki
3'. abrig2-ki
4'. [...]-men?-ki
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Lexical; from Fara?; dupl. AbS T 301, 310, 311, 312; 6x10x8 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000268 (ED Word List F) composite (P499154) Q000268 View the score

Record

P010540 leadP010540 lead

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P010540

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment Fragmented
Tablet chip, center, 3 cols

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 0563 + N 0564 + N 0566 + N 0567 + N 0585 + N 0596
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 571331 + 571332 + 571333 + 571335 + 571334 + 571330
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.563 + N.564 + N.566 + N.567 + N.585 + N.596
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P010540
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P010540

References

  • primary: OSP 1, 9A (+) 9B (+) 9C

    [Westenholz1975OSP1] Westenholz, Aage. 1975. Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia, Chiefly from Nippur. Part 1: Literary and Lexical Texts and the Earliest Administrative Documents from Nippur. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Volume 1. Malibu: Undena Publications.

  • history: museum photo 5441

    [sec3449] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2016-09-09 at 16:05:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:34:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P010540.
OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry (No. P010540). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010540 (Original work published 2001)
OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010540 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010540},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010540},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P010540
LB  - CDLI:P010540
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010540
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P010540.
OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry (No. P010540). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010540 (Original work published 2001)
OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010540 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010540},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010540},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P010540
LB  - CDLI:P010540
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010540
ER  -
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