OSP 1, 003 (P010539)

Literary 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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-16-065

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Literary; Fara type?; 9x8x6x6x6x3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary (Literary; Fara type?; 9x8x6x6x6x3 lines)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P010539
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P010539

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	UM 29-16-065
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	566888
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	UM.29-16-65

References

primary: OSP 1, 3

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
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
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 1, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P010539.

OSP 1, 003 artifact entry (No. P010539). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010539 (Original work published 2001)

OSP 1, 003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010539 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010539},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010539},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P010539
LB  - CDLI:P010539
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - OSP 1, 003 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010539
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 1, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P010539.

OSP 1, 003 artifact entry (No. P010539). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010539 (Original work published 2001)

OSP 1, 003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010539 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010539},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010539},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P010539
LB  - CDLI:P010539
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - OSP 1, 003 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010539
ER  -