OSP 2, 087 (P216241)

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 0534

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account (preliminary) of harvested onions;8 lines; 8.6x4.9 cms)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(gesz2@c) szum2 kab2-ku5
2. szum2-bi 1(ban2@c) 1(disz) sila3-ta
3. e2-pa-e3
4. 3(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 1(disz) [...]
5. 2(gesz2@c) lugal#-[...] 1(ban2) [...] sila3
6. 1(gesz2@c) 6(asz@c) [...] 1(ban2@c) [...] sila3#
7. 3(gesz2@c) uri 2(ban2@c)
8. 4(gesz2@c) ur-pisan 1(ban2@c)
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reverse
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Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Account (preliminary) of harvested onions;8 lines; 8.6x4.9 cms)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: OSP 2, 87

    [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 0534
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  • 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
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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
2017-04-02 at 17:44:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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, 087 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216241.
OSP 2, 087 artifact entry (No. P216241). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216241 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 087 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216241 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216241},
}


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