OSP 1, 098 (P221609)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06273

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 8(asz@c) ha-[zi] zabar uruda
2. [x] ha#-zi uruda sahar
  several lines missing
reverse
  several lines missing
1. [...] x x [...]
2. giri3 se3-ge4-de3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative [identification uncertain]
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P221609

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 06273
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581108
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6273

References

  • primary: OSP 1, 98

    [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: PBS 9, 131

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:04:32 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:55 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 1, 098 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P221609.
OSP 1, 098 artifact entry (No. P221609). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221609 (Original work published 2003)
OSP 1, 098 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221609 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221609},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221609},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P221609
LB  - CDLI:P221609
M1  - 2026/10/8/
TI  - OSP 1, 098 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221609
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 1, 098 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P221609.
OSP 1, 098 artifact entry (No. P221609). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221609 (Original work published 2003)
OSP 1, 098 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221609 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221609},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221609},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P221609
LB  - CDLI:P221609
M1  - 2026/10/8/
TI  - OSP 1, 098 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221609
ER  - 
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