OSP 2, 151 (P216305)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0572

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Note concern expenditures of last years crop, probably onions; 5 lines; 3.6x3.3 cms)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] 1(u) 2(disz) [n szum2] lid2-[ga]
2. im-ma-kam sar?
3. ki gal-sar
4. al-zi
reverse
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Note concern expenditures of last years crop, probably onions; 5 lines; 3.6x3.3 cms)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Classical Sargonic
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P216305

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 0572
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 569350
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.572

References

  • primary: OSP 2, 151

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata 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 Transliteration Brumfield, Sara CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:04 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 2, 151 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216305.
OSP 2, 151 artifact entry (No. P216305). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216305 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 151 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216305 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 151 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216305},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216305},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216305
LB  - CDLI:P216305
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - OSP 2, 151 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216305
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 2, 151 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216305.
OSP 2, 151 artifact entry (No. P216305). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216305 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 151 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216305 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 151 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216305},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216305},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216305
LB  - CDLI:P216305
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - OSP 2, 151 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216305
ER  -
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