OSP 1, 014 (P216088)

Administrative tag 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 07095

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan#-dub
2. im sar
3. eb-bu-bu
4. lu2 ur-sa6-ga-ke4
5. szuruppak{ki}-ta mu-kux(DU)#
reverse
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P216088

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 07095
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581960
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7095

References

  • primary: OSP 1, 14

    [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 13, 12

    [Legrain1922PBS13] Legrain, Léon. 1922. Historical Fragments. Publications of the Babylonian Section 13. University Museum, Pennsylvania. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14913.pdf.

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
2015-05-06 at 07:40:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-09-28 at 06:36:41 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:03:45 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:59 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“OSP 1, 014 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216088.
OSP 1, 014 artifact entry (No. P216088). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216088 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 1, 014 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216088 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 014 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216088},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216088},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216088
LB  - CDLI:P216088
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - OSP 1, 014 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216088
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“OSP 1, 014 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216088.
OSP 1, 014 artifact entry (No. P216088). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216088 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 1, 014 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216088 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 014 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216088},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216088},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216088
LB  - CDLI:P216088
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - OSP 1, 014 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216088
ER  -
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