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OSP 2, 081 (P216235)

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 0360 + N 0580

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Delivery of turnips from a field or orchard; 8x9 lines; 5.3x3.9 cms)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has fragments

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz@c) lu{sar} gu2
2. za3-mu
3. 4(asz@c) ur-su
4. 6(disz) ur-{d}inanna
5. 3(asz@c) nam-mah
6. 5(asz@c) kar-du3
7. 5(asz@c) geme2-en
8. 3(asz@c) e2-sikil
reverse
1. 3(asz@c) lugal-pa-e3
2. 1(asz@c) lugal-ki
3. 1(u@c) lugal-gesz
4. 3(asz@c) ur-li
5. 1(asz@c) lugal-gi7
6. GAN2 banda3{da}{ki}
7. 1(u@c) ur-{d}inanna
8. {ki}kiri6 gu-la

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description:
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Delivery of turnips from a field or orchard; 8x9 lines; 5.3x3.9 cms)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: OSP 2, 81

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 0360 + N 0580
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Classical Sargonic

  • Dates Referenced: Shar-kali-sharri.00.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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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CDLI Notes:

P216235 leadP216235 lead

Cite this Artifact
“OSP 2, 081 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216235.
OSP 2, 081 artifact entry (No. P216235). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216235 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 081 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216235 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216235},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216235},
}

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