OSP 1, 097 (P216137)

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 07888

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. 1(gesz2@c) 5(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) ma-na la2 1(asz@c) gin2 uruda igi gesz gid2#-da#
2. aga3-gi4-a
3. bar 2(asz@c) simug-kam

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/P216137

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 07888
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 582653
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7888

References

  • primary: OSP 1, 97

    [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
2008-10-09 at 16:03:46 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:00 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, 097 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216137.
OSP 1, 097 artifact entry (No. P216137). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216137 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 1, 097 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216137 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 097 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216137},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216137},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216137
LB  - CDLI:P216137
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - OSP 1, 097 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216137
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 1, 097 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216137.
OSP 1, 097 artifact entry (No. P216137). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216137 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 1, 097 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216137 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 097 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216137},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216137},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216137
LB  - CDLI:P216137
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - OSP 1, 097 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216137
ER  -
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