OSP 2, 019 (P216170)

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 0315

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of gold for the ornametation of one of the small lahmu figures; 4x6 lines; 3.7x3.4 cms)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 7(asz@c) _gin2 la2 igi-4(disz)-gal2_ kir-ra-at _ku3-sig17_
2. szu-ut 1(disz) _a2-zi-da u3 1(disz) ur2 gab2_
reverse
1. szu szunigin
2. _mu-kux(DU)_
3. a-na s,i2-ib-ti 1(disz) ba-ni-la _gudu4-tur_
4. puzur4-ru-um
5. im-hur

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of gold for the ornametation of one of the small lahmu figures; 4x6 lines; 3.7x3.4 cms)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P216170

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 N 0315
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 569183
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.315

References

  • primary: OSP 2, 19

    [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: NATN, 738

    [Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2018-05-06 at 16:23:35 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:54:07 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Transliteration Brumfield, Sara CDLI Approved View
2012-04-26 at 16:19:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2012-04-26 at 16:18:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:01 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 Artifact

“OSP 2, 019 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216170.
OSP 2, 019 artifact entry (No. P216170). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216170 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 019 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216170 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {OSP 2, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216170},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P216170
LB  - CDLI:P216170
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - OSP 2, 019 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216170
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 2, 019 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216170.
OSP 2, 019 artifact entry (No. P216170). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216170 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 019 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216170 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {OSP 2, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216170},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P216170
LB  - CDLI:P216170
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - OSP 2, 019 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216170
ER  -
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