OSP 1, 104 (P221612)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0069

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain] (Account of one goat; 4x1 line)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz@c) masz2
2. lugal-ezem
3. dumu u3-mu-ni-zal
reverse
1. lu2 azlag2

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative [identification uncertain] (Account of one goat; 4x1 line)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P221612

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 0069
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 569003
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.69

References

  • primary: OSP 1, 104

    [Westenholz1975OSP1] Westenholz, Aage. 1975. Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia, Chiefly from Nippur. Part 1: Literary and Lexical Texts and the Earliest Administrative Documents from Nippur. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Volume 1. Malibu: Undena Publications.

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
2008-10-09 at 16:04:32 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:55 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 1, 104 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P221612.
OSP 1, 104 artifact entry (No. P221612). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221612 (Original work published 2003)
OSP 1, 104 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221612 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 104 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221612},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221612},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P221612
LB  - CDLI:P221612
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - OSP 1, 104 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221612
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OSP 1, 104 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P221612.
OSP 1, 104 artifact entry (No. P221612). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221612 (Original work published 2003)
OSP 1, 104 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221612 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 104 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221612},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221612},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P221612
LB  - CDLI:P221612
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - OSP 1, 104 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221612
ER  -
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