OSP 1, 024 (P216091)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0281

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Ration list; 6x13x15x13x4x0x0x2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [... nin]-me-du10-ga
2. [... szu?]-ni#?-AN
3. [...] ne#-sag
4. [...] a-ma-i3-lum
column 2
1. [...] a-ma-[i3]-lum
2. [1(barig)] 2(ban2) nin-ama-mu
3. [...] ama-ra
4. [... ama]-ab-gu
5. 1(barig) 2(ban2) [...] x
6. 1(barig@c) igi#-[nin]-sze3
7. 1(barig) 2(ban2) esz18-dar#?-[...]
8. 1(barig@c) kar
9. 1(ban2@c) nin-sza3
10. 2(barig@c) lugal-sag
11. 1(barig@c) ama-tir
12. 1(ban2@c) a-ba-nag
column 3
1. 1(barig@c) ma-ni
2. 1(barig@c) lugal-nam-mu-ru-e?
3. 1(barig@c) si-i3?-li2
4. 1(barig@c) nin-[...]-ga2-ni
5. 1(ban2@c) lugal-uri3
6. 1(barig) 2(ban2) x-{d}ezinu2
7. 2(ban2@c) e-pi-e3
8. 2(ban2@c) {d}utu-a-bi2
9. dumu-ni-me
10. 1(barig@c) nin-er2-e
11. 3(ban2@c) ur-{d}nerah
12. 3(ban2@c) ur-e2-musz
column 4
1. dumu-[ni-me]
2. 1(barig@c) igi-su4?
3. 1(barig) 2(ban2) lugal-kar
4. 4(ban2@c) nin-sza3
5. dumu-ni me
6. [...] {d}nin-lil2-ama-mu
7. 1(barig@c) da5-ri2-tum
8. 1(barig@c) um-mi-t,a-bat3
9. 1(barig@c) {d}en-lil2-da
10. 1(barig@c) nin-e-ge
11. 1(barig@c) nin-bara2-ge
reverse
column 1
1. x he2#?-{d}ezinu2?
2. 1(barig@c) nin-x
3. 1(barig@c) su6-mu2
4. 1(barig@c) mar-tu#?
  blank space
column 2
  blank space
1. [szunigin]-bi3#
2. [n sze lid2-ga]
3. [iti sze-sag11]-ku5?
4. [al]-ba?
  blank space
column 3
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Ration list; 6x13x15x13x4x0x0x2 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P216091

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 N 0281
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 569159
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.281

References

  • primary: OSP 1, 24

    [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 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Transliteration Brumfield, Sara 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, 024 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216091.
OSP 1, 024 artifact entry (No. P216091). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216091 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 1, 024 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216091 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 024 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216091},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216091},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216091
LB  - CDLI:P216091
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - OSP 1, 024 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216091
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“OSP 1, 024 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216091.
OSP 1, 024 artifact entry (No. P216091). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216091 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 1, 024 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216091 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 024 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216091},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216091},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216091
LB  - CDLI:P216091
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - OSP 1, 024 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216091
ER  -
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