OSP 2, 069 (P216223)

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 0409

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of investments of barley and silver by various persons in a trade venture; witnesses; 17x17 lines; 7.7x4.2 cms)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze lid2-ga
2. 2(asz@c) ku3 gin2 nig2-sa10
3. nin-en-ne2-kam
4. 7(asz) 2(barig) nig2-u2-pa-e3
5. 4(asz@c) ug3-IL2
6. dumu lugal-kar
7. 2(disz@t)-kam-sze3
8. 5(asz@c) sze lid2-ga
9. ug3-IL2
10. dumu lugal-kar
11. 5(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ur-kid2-ma
12. 3(disz@t)-kam-sze3 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ur-kid2-ma
13. 4(disz@t)-kam-sze3 3(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ur-kid2-ma
14. 3(asz@c) 3(barig@c) ur-{d}da-mu
15. 5(asz@c) ur-{d}nin-ma-da
16. 5(asz@c) {d}en-lil2-la2
reverse
1. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) a-lil-[la]
2. 3(asz@c) e2-mu-bi3
3. 2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) ur-pisan
4. 2(asz@c) nig2-u-ta
5. 2(asz@c) inim-ma-ni
6. 5(disz@t)-kam-sze3 3(barig@c) ur-kid2-ma
7. 2(barig@c) ne-sag
8. 2(barig@c) gissu
9. sze sila-a gal2-la
10. lugal-iti-da
11. 1(asz@c) lugal-en-nu
12. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
13. 1(asz@c) ama-dab5
14. 1(asz@c) nin-si-gar
15. 1(asz@c) nin-ama-na
16. 1(asz@c) sa6-sa6
17. lu2-<ki>-inim-ma-bi3-me
18. 4(asz@c) 1/2(disz) ku3 ne-sag
19. 1(asz@c) u3-mu-ni-zal

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 of barley and silver by various persons in a trade venture; witnesses; 17x17 lines; 7.7x4.2 cms)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: OSP 2, 69

    [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 0409
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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 10:04:29 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 12:34:02 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, 069 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216223.
OSP 2, 069 artifact entry (No. P216223). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216223 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 069 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216223 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 069 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216223},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216223},
}


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