OSP 1, 025 (P216092)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06234 + CBS 07780 + N 0027 + N 0124

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments

tablet
obverse
column 1
  5 lines missing
column 2
  several lines missing
1. [...]-DI-[...]-e
2. [x {d}en]-lil2#-la2
3. [x] lugal#-ezem
4. [...]
5. 3(ban2@c) u2-hub2
6. 1(barig@c) ur2-ni
  double ruling
7. 4(ban2@c) lugal-iti-da
8. PAP lugal-sza3
9. PAP amar-ni
10. 3(ban2@c) lugal-gesz
11. PAP {d}en-lil2-a2-mu
12. [x] lugal-a2
  several lines missing
column 3
1. [x] ur#-{d}en#-[lil2]
2. [x] ur#-UD-x
3. PAP lugal-en#-[nu?]
4. 3(ban2@c) ur-sag# [x]
5. 3(ban2@c) ur-PA#
6. 2(asz@c) geme2 [3(ban2@c)?]
7. 4(ban2@c) lugal-e2
8. [x] sag-dingir?-tuku
9. 4(ban2@c) lugal#-x x-sza3#?
10. lugal-[...]-du10
11. PAP ur-{d}[...]
12. ur-{d}[...]
  1 line blank
13. x [...]
14. 4(ban2@c) [...]
  several lines missing
reverse
column 1
1. [x] 1(asz@c)#? x [...] lunga#
2. szu-dab5
3. geme2
4. dumu
5. du3-[a-ku5]
6. SAR-ki [...]
7. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) SAR# [...] x [...]
8. 2(asz@c) gal-[...]
9. 1(asz@c) lu2#? [...]
10. 3(asz@c) [...]
  several lines missing
column 2
1. [...]-gi#
2. [...]-NE
3. x lugal-an-ta-ti
4. 3(ban2@c) nin-ku4
5. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-ge
6. 3(ban2@c) ama-ki
7. PAP e2-iti-da
8. [x] nin#-x
  several lines missing
column 3
1. [...] dumu
2. [...]-sa6
  rest of column missing

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • primary: OSP 1, 25

    [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: PBS 9, 080

    [Barton1915PBS9] Barton, George A. 1915. Sumerian Business and Administrative Documents from the Earliest Times to the Dynasty of Agade. Publications of the Babylonian Section 9.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 06234 + CBS 07780 + N 0027 + N 0124
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2011-11-03 at 06:23:09 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:03:45 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:59 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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General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P216092 leadP216092 lead

Cite this Artifact
“OSP 1, 025 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216092.
OSP 1, 025 artifact entry (No. P216092). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216092 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 1, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216092 (Accessed: January 19, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216092},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216092},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216092
LB  - CDLI:P216092
M1  - 2025/1/19/
TI  - OSP 1, 025 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216092
ER  -
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