OSP 2, 051 (P216205)

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

CBS 06174

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Parte de Ningula de una herencia, con testigos.)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(esze3@c) GAN2 ab2-za-na
2. 3(iku@c) GAN2 KA ki-im-du
3. 2(iku@c) e2-sar
4. 5(asz@c) za-gin3 [za]-us2
5. ki-la2-bi 5(asz@c) gin2#
6. 1(asz@c) bur AN-su3 [...]
7. 1(asz@c) gada bar-[dul5]
8. 1(asz@c) lugal-nig2-nidba2#-[e]
9. 1(asz@c) nin-i3-gara2
10. ha#-la-ba
11. nin#-gu-la
12. 1(asz@c) ur2-ra-ni
13. 1(asz@c) ur-esz2-dam
14. dumu a-zu-zu-me
15. 1(asz@c) lugal-en-nu
16. dumu AN-lu2
17. 1(asz@c) {d}en-lil2-la2
18. dumu sag-a-du
19. 1(asz@c) ur-esz2-dam
20. dumu sag-{d}en-lil2-da aszgab
21. 1(asz@c) [ur]-li
22. dumu lugal-szud3
23. 1(asz@c) {d}en-lil2-le-ma-ba
24. dumu a-ba-{d}en-lil2
25. 1(asz@c) {gesz}dur2-gar sal-la#-[um]
26. lu2-ki-inim-ma-bi-me
reverse
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Parte de Ningula de una herencia, con testigos.)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P216205

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 06174
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581036
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6174

References

  • primary: OSP 2, 51

    [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, 013

    [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, 68

    [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.

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
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Transliteration Brumfield, Sara 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 Artifacts

“OSP 2, 051 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216205.
OSP 2, 051 artifact entry (No. P216205). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216205 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 051 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216205 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 051 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216205},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216205},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216205
LB  - CDLI:P216205
M1  - 2026/4/26/
TI  - OSP 2, 051 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216205
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“OSP 2, 051 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216205.
OSP 2, 051 artifact entry (No. P216205). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216205 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 051 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216205 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 051 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216205},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216205},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216205
LB  - CDLI:P216205
M1  - 2026/4/26/
TI  - OSP 2, 051 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216205
ER  -
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