OSP 2, 014 (P216166)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04687

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Trabajadores con capataces y supervisores.)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] ha#? x
2. [...] ba#?-ni
3. [...] ar#?-ku-ku
4. [...]
5. [...]
6. [1(disz)] puzur4#-ru-um
7. [1(disz) i]-lu5-dingir
8. [1(disz) x]-ha#-ni-isz
9. [1(disz) x]-gar3
column 2
1. szunigin# [n gurusz]
2. nu-banda3#-[bi]
3. lugal [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) u2-da-[...]
2. 1(asz@c) be-li2-[...]
3. 1(asz@c) i-szar-ru#-[um]
4. 1(asz@c) a-bu3-{d}x [...]
5. 1(asz@c) a-mur-ru-[um]
6. 1(asz@c) er3#-e-bu3#?
7. [...] lu2#? [...]
8. [...]

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Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Trabajadores con capataces y supervisores.)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: OSP 2, 14

    [Westenholz1987OSP2] Westenholz, Aage. 1987. Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia, Chiefly from Nippur. Part 2: The “Akkadian” Texts, the Enlilemaba Texts, and the Onion Archive. CNI Publications 3. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum press, University of Copenhagen.

  • history: PBS 9, 071

    [Barton1915PBS9] Barton, George A. 1915. Sumerian Business and Administrative Documents from the Earliest Times to the Dynasty of Agade. Publications of the Babylonian Section 9.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 04687
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Classical Sargonic

  • Dates Referenced: Shar-kali-sharri.00.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:54:07 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:01 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OSP 2, 014 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216166.
OSP 2, 014 artifact entry (No. P216166). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216166 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 014 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216166 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 014 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216166},
}


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