OSP 2, 048 (P216202)

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 06167 + CBS 07781

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Sucesos posteriores a la herencia de Lugalinimegiåtuku..)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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Has fragments

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] la2 3(bur3@c) GAN2
2. 2(asz@c) e2-sar
3. [1(asz@c)] sag-ab-tuku-a
4. [1(asz@c)] lugal-nidba2-e
5. [1(asz@c) nin]-i3-gara2
6. [1(asz@c) nin-szud3]-de3?
7. [2(asz@c) dumu]-ni-me?
8. 1/3(asz@c)#{sza-na} ku3 4(asz@c) gin2
  1/3(asz@c) ku3 sza na 4(asz@c) gin2
9. 6(asz@c) zabar uruda
10. 1(asz@c) zabar sze-u3-suh5 uruda
11. ki-la2-bi 2(asz@c) ma-na
12. 1(asz@c) ma-szum uruda
13. ki-la2-bi 7(asz@c) ma-na
14. 1(asz@c) gab2-la2 uruda
15. ki-la2-bi 8(disz) ma-na
16. 2(asz@c) dilim2 gesz-rin2 kul-sa6-ga uruda
17. ki-la2-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na
column 2
1. 3(asz@c) ku3# [gin2]
2. [ur-{d}namma ti-la]
3. [in-na-la2]
4. 1(asz@c) [{gesz}gigir2 szubur e2-ba]
5. [1(asz@c) {gesz}]gigir2 gag [sila3 e2-ba]
6. 1(u@c) gi-gur [2(barig@c)]
7. 1(u@c) gi-gur [1(barig@c)]
8. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) sze lid2-[ga]
9. 2(asz@c) ziz2 lid2-ga
10. [...] 5(asz@c)# tug2#
11. [1(asz@c)] gada#
12. |U.SZA| lugal-KA-[e]-gesz-tuku-[kam]
13. ur-{d}namma-ke4
14. i3-ba
15. min-sag-kam#
16. 1(asz@c) {d}en-lil2-al-sa6
17. ku3-dim2
18. 1(asz@c) nam-tar-[re2]
19. 1(asz@c) lugal-nig2-u-ta
reverse
column 1
1. dam-gar3-me
2. 1(asz@c) sag-a-du
3. lu2-{gesz}gigir2
4. 1(asz@c) lugal-ug3-ga2
5. lu2-ki-inim-ma-bi-me
6. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma-sze3
7. bar-bi-ta
8. dumu ur-{d}namma-ka
9. e2-lu2
10. im-ma-du3
11. 1(asz@c) bur-szakkan
12. [1(disz) {gesz}]dur2#-gar sal-la#-[um]
13. 2(disz)# gada
14. [...] za-kil gu2
15. dam ur-{d}namma-ke4
16. i3-ba
17. igi ur2-ni
18. dam-na-[sze3]
column 2
1. {gesz}dusu 2/3(asz@c){sza-na-bi} ku3
  gesz il2 2/3(asz@c) ku3 sza na bi
2. ur-{d}namma
3. be-da-ni
4. e2-lu2
5. gu2-na bi2-tak4
6. lul-gu 8(asz@c) ku3 gin2-kam
7. ur-{d}namma-ke4
8. ki-duru5 bi2-tak4
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
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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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Sucesos posteriores a la herencia de Lugalinimegiåtuku..)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: OSP 2, 48

    [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, 006

    [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.

  • history: SRU, 66

    [Edzard1968SRU] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1968. Sumerische Rechtsurkunden Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur. Abhandlungen. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Neue Folge, Heft 67. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 06167 + CBS 07781
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2015-05-05 at 10:04:21 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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P216202 leadP216202 lead

Cite this Artifact
“OSP 2, 048 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216202.
OSP 2, 048 artifact entry (No. P216202). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216202 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 048 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216202 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 048 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216202},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216202},
}


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