OSP 2, 052 (P216206)

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 06208 + CBS 06209 + N 0052

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Propiedad de Gan-Åenirda y venta de tierra, con testigos.)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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Has fragments

tablet
obverse
1. 1(esze3@c) GAN2
2. GAN2 ab2-za-an
3. 3(iku@c) GAN2 ki-im-du
4. 2(iku@c) e2 sar
5. 1(asz@c) lugal-nidba2-e
6. 1(asz@c) nin-i3-gara2
7. 1(asz@c) bur din-di
8. 5(asz@c) za-gin3 za-us2
9. 1(asz@c) {gesz}dur2-gar sal-la mes
10. 1(asz@c) gada
11. |U.SZA| he2-{d}{[sze3]}szer7-[da]
12. amar-{d}asznan#
reverse
1. {d}en-lil2-le-[ma-ba]
2. dam-gar3 i3-[...]
3. mu lugal-[sze3]
4. inim-bi al#-[til]
5. 1(esze3@c) GAN2 a2-[ti]-hi#
6. 1(esze3@c) GAN2 kun#
7. nig2-sa10-bi 2/3(asz@c){sza-na-bi} ku3
  gar sa10 bi 2/3(asz@c) ku3 sza na bi
8. 1(asz@c) e2 sar igi 3(disz) sar
9. ku3-bi 1/3(asz@c){sza-na} la2 1(asz@c) gin2 2/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.2(ASZ@c))|) ma-na
10. ku3# dusu e2-ad-da-ke4 ba-de6
11. 1(asz@c) ur2-ni
12. 1(asz@c) ur-esz2-dam dumu a-zu-zu-me
13. 1(asz@c) en-nu dumu AN-lu2
14. 1(asz@c) {d}en-lil2-la2 dumu sag-a-du
15. 1(asz@c) ur-esz2-dam aszgab
16. lu2-ki-inim-ma-bi-me

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): Legal (Propiedad de Gan-Åenirda y venta de tierra, con testigos.)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: OSP 2, 52

    [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, 051 + 052

    [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, 101 & 102

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 06208 + CBS 06209 + N 0052
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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
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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P216206 leadP216206 lead

Cite this Artifact
“OSP 2, 052 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216206.
OSP 2, 052 artifact entry (No. P216206). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216206 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 052 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216206 (Accessed: May 12, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 052 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216206},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216206},
}

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