OSP 2, 049 (P216203)

Legal 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 06171

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Decisión legal del ensi de Nippur sobre Elu y Lugalinimegiåtuku.)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) ku3-sig17 gin2
2. 1(asz@c) gid2 ku3
3. ki-la2-bi 1(u@c) ku3 gin2
4. 1(asz@c) kiszib3 za-gin3
5. ki-la2-bi 2(asz@c) gin2
6. 1(asz@c) kiszib3 ku3-sig17
7. ki-la2-bi 2(asz@c) gin2 la2 igi 3(disz)-gal2
8. 2(asz@c)# za ad-tab
9. 4(asz@c)# ku3 gin2-kam
10. [1(asz@c)] zabar nim uruda
11. ki-la2-bi 2(asz@c) ma-na
12. [...] ni-gam uruda
column 2
1. ki-la2-bi 1/2(asz@c) ma#-[na]
2. 1/2(asz@c) ku3 gin2
3. pi ba an gur
4. 2(asz@c) gid2-uruda kul-sa6-ga
5. ki-la2-bi 1/3(asz@c){sza-na}
6. 2(asz@c) sag za-gin3
7. ab-dab5
8. [ki]-la2-bi 4(asz@c) gin2
9. [e2]-lu2
10. [...] lugal-KA-e-[gesz]-tuku-ke4
11. [igi] inim-{d}utu-zi#
12. [...] x-sag-[...]
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [i3]-na-su
4. ka-kesz2
5. maszkim-bi
6. 3(asz@c)#? ku3 gin2
7. [nig2]-giri3-na-sze3
8. szu ba-ti
9. lugal-zi [...]
10. igi-du-bi
11. [...] ku3 gin2 ba-[du]
12. ur-{d}en-ti [...]-du# [...]
13. ensi2 nibru[{ki}]
14. di-be2 si bi2-[sa2]
column 2
1. [szesz]-ku-li
2. [nu-banda3 ku3]-dim2-ne
3. lu2 kesz3?-nir-ni-ku3#
4. [i3]-sar-ra-a
5. [...]
6. [...]
7. [...] lugal-zi#
8. igi-du-bi#
9. ku3#-bi e2-[lu2]
10. [i3]-ne#-[szum2]
11. gaba pi-x [...]
12. szunigin 2/3(asz@c){sza-na-bi} ku3 2(asz@c) gin2
  szunigin 2/3(asz@c) ku3 sza na bi 2(asz@c) gin2

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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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (Decisión legal del ensi de Nippur sobre Elu y Lugalinimegiåtuku.)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: OSP 2, 49

    [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, 010

    [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 06171
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:55:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:36:10 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, 049 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216203.
OSP 2, 049 artifact entry (No. P216203). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216203 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 049 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216203 (Accessed: May 6, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216203},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216203},
}


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