OSP 1, 047 (P216104)

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 0370 + N 0372 + N 0462 + N 0482

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (List of persons, DUMU.DUMU.US, organized in 3 bands of 20 persons, under a supervisor; 17x19x15x15x14x4 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has fragments

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) i-di3#-ta2-kal2#
2. 1(asz@c) ap2-lum
3. 1(asz@c) kal2-bu3-esz18-dar
4. 1(asz@c) la-u4-ni
5. [1(asz@c) x]-gi#
6. [1(asz@c) x]-za-mi
7. [1(asz@c) i3]-lum-bala
8. 1(asz@c) a2-ba-la-du
9. 1(asz@c) i-lu5-dingir
10. 1(asz@c) a-hi-t,a-ba
11. 1(asz@c) ma-ma-{hi}hir
12. 1(asz@c) a2-tu
13. 1(asz@c) usz-ri2-bu3
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) a-ba-la-du
2. 1(asz@c) a-bu3-da-gan
3. [1(asz@c)] ti-pi-a-x
4. [1(asz@c) x]-ra-mi-isz
5. [1(asz@c)] ri-si-a
6. 1(asz@c) i3-lum-ka3-bar
7. 1(asz@c) szar-ha-lu-ub2
8. szunigin 2(u) dumu dumu-nita
9. 1(asz@c) a-bu3-bala ugula
10. 1(asz@c) lu2-si-lum
11. 1(asz@c) i-szar-szum2
12. 1(asz@c) ugx(|EZENxHAL|)-gur4
13. 1(asz@c) na-ha-isz
14. 1(asz@c) za-ma-en
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) ba-ba6-da
2. 1(asz@c) e2-|SZU2+E2|-ma
3. 1(asz@c) ba-na
4. 1(asz@c) pu3-su
5. 1(asz@c) zi-ra
6. 1(asz@c) a2-ba-la-du
7. 1(asz@c) mi-la-ba
8. 1(asz@c) lugal?-SU
9. 1(asz@c) i-di3-ta2-kal2
10. 1(asz@c) ga-zi-ra
11. 1(asz@c) a-ba-i3-[lum]
12. 1(asz@c) i-bi2-[...]
13. 1(asz@c) nam-[...]
14. 1(asz@c) gal-[...]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) gal-[...]
2. szunigin 2(u) dumu dumu-nita
3. 1(asz@c) gal-zu ugula
4. 1(asz@c) i3-lum-bala
5. 1(asz@c) lu2-si-lum
6. 1(asz@c) a-hux(RI)-da-mi-iq
7. 1(asz@c) i3-lum-dan
8. 1(asz@c) su4-ma-ba
9. 1(asz@c) sza-ra-ga
10. 1(asz@c) i-sza-ni-ka-ga
11. 1(asz@c) da-bi2
12. [1(disz)] sza-na-pum
13. [1(disz) x]-lum
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) nu-pi-i3-lum
2. 1(asz@c) x-na-a-x
3. 1(asz@c) a-ri-nin
4. 1(asz@c) u2-na-ap-sze3-na
5. 1(asz@c) i3-lum-bala
6. 1(asz@c) i-szar-be
7. 1(asz@c) pu3-su
8. 1(asz@c) e3-gu-da-gan
9. 1(asz@c) e-ri2-ma-da
10. 1(asz@c) za-ma-en
11. [szunigin] 2(u) dumu dumu-nita#
12. [... ugula]
13. [...]
column 3
  blank space
1. gu2-an-sze3 1(gesz2) dumu dumu-nita
2. 3(asz@c) ugula-bi
3. [...] dumu-nita-me

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (List of persons, DUMU.DUMU.US, organized in 3 bands of 20 persons, under a supervisor; 17x19x15x15x14x4 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

P216104 leadP216104 lead

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P216104

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation Fragmented

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 0370 + N 0372 + N 0462 + N 0482
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 571275 + 571276 + 571274 + 571273
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.370 + N.372 + N.462 + N.482

References

  • primary: OSP 1, 47

    [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
2021-01-18 at 06:10:44 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2021-01-18 at 06:08:57 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Transliteration Brumfield, Sara CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-09-25 at 15:16:20 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:59 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 1, 047 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216104.
OSP 1, 047 artifact entry (No. P216104). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216104 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 1, 047 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216104 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 047 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216104},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216104},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216104
LB  - CDLI:P216104
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - OSP 1, 047 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216104
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 1, 047 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216104.
OSP 1, 047 artifact entry (No. P216104). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216104 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 1, 047 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216104 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 047 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216104},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216104},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216104
LB  - CDLI:P216104
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - OSP 1, 047 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216104
ER  -
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