OSP 2, 068 (P216222)

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

N 0402

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of investments by various persons in a trade venture; witnesses; 17x6 lines;8.4x4.0cms)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) ku3 gin2 igi 3(disz)
2. ur2-ra-ni ku3-dim2
3. 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) lugal-nam2-mah
4. 8(disz) igi 3(disz) ur-ab
5. 7(asz@c) igi 3(disz) nam-tar-re2
6. 4(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) ne-sag
7. 1(asz@c) a-ga-de3{ki}-ki-du10
8. 1(asz@c) igi 6(disz) e2-an-dul3
9. 1(asz@c) ug3-ga2
10. 1(asz@c) nam-tar-re2
11. dumu a2-{d}en-lil2-ta
12. 1(asz@c) giri3-ni
13. 1(asz@c) ur-kid2-ma
14. 1(asz@c) u3-mu-ni-zal
15. ku3 sila-a gal2-la
16. 1(asz@c) lugal-iti-da
17. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}[szul-pa-e3]
reverse
1. 1(asz@c) ama-[dab5]
2. 1(asz@c) nin-si-[gar]
3. 1(asz@c) nin-ama#-[na]
4. 1(asz@c) sa6-sa6#
5. 1(asz@c) lugal-en-nu
6. lu2-ki-inim-ma-bi3-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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Record of investments by various persons in a trade venture; witnesses; 17x6 lines;8.4x4.0cms)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: OSP 2, 68

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: N 0402
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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 12:34:02 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, 068 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216222.
OSP 2, 068 artifact entry (No. P216222). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216222 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 068 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216222 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216222},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216222},
}

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