OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C (P010540)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 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 0563 + N 0564 + N 0566 + N 0567 + N 0585 + N 0596

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Lexical; from Fara?; dupl. AbS T 301, 310, 311, 312; 6x10x8 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x x
2'. x x
3'. |URUxLAGAB|
4'. |EZENxASZ|
5'. |LAGABxZA|
6'. [...]-iri
7'. x x
8'. [...]-mun#
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ki#
2'. USZ# x LAM-SAG |KAK&KAK|
3'. gi-gur7
4'. gi-rin
5'. hal-gi
6'. gi-hal AN lix(SZA)-na
7'. suhusz gun3-gun3 ki
8'. kar2#-en ki
9'. su#?-en ki
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. tusz-ki-gar
2'. TU gesz? ZA tir#
3'. AN {d}nin-tin-ug5-ga
4'. SAL ANSZE?
5'. |GA2xSAL|-[...]
6'. UD-NUN-[...]
7'. sul-iri#
  rest broken
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...]-si#
3'. [...]-mun
4'. szuszx(|SZE.NAM2|)
5'. [...]-|SZE.NAM2|
6'. garaszx(KASKAL)
7'. ga'eszx(KASKAL)#-ki
8'. x-ki
9'. uszx(LAK672a)# ki
10'. GI# x NE
  rest broken
column 5
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ildu3
2'. zu-en
3'. x zu-en#
4'. HI EZEN e2
5'. ebih
6'. szuba-lal2
7'. |GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
8'. u3-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
9'. u3#-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|-gal-SZID#
10'. AB-|GAN2@t&GAN2@t|
11'. tir#
12'. x x
13'. da-[...]
  rest broken
column 6
  beginning broken
1'. lam-ki
2'. SZE3# gu4-si ki#
3'. gu2?-si ki
4'. ak x x [...]
5'. GAR en#?-[...]
6'. SZIM#-[...]
7'. nam2#-[...]
  rest broken
column 7
  beginning broken
1'. tur# x
2'. abgal-ki
3'. abrig2-ki
4'. [...]-men?-ki
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description: Tablet chip, center, 3 cols
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Lexical; from Fara?; dupl. AbS T 301, 310, 311, 312; 6x10x8 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: OSP 1, 9A (+) 9B (+) 9C

    [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.

  • history: museum photo 5441

    [sec3449] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 0563 + N 0564 + N 0566 + N 0567 + N 0585 + N 0596
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-09-09 at 16:05:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:34:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000268 (ED Word List F) composite (P499154) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P010540 leadP010540 lead

Cite this Artifact
“OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010540.
OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry (No. P010540). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010540 (Original work published 2001)
OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010540 (Accessed: January 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OSP 1, 009A (+) 009B (+) 009C artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010540},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010540},
}


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