OSP 1, 043 (P216101)

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

UM 29-13-766

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Conscription list of workers from various estates; 3x11x9x8 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1'
1. [...] ansze kunga2
2. 2(disz@t)-kam
3. 3(asz@c) lu2
column 2'
1. ba-lah5
2. 5(asz@c) lu2
3. e2-szita-tum{ki}-ta
4. ba-lah5
5. NI-lu2-lu2
6. sa gaz ba-ak
7. 1(asz@c) lu2 ti-la
column 3'
1. 1(asz@c) lu2 al-uszx(LAK672)
2. badx(EZEN){ki}
3. 2(u@c) lu2 AN-ur-sag
4. e2-|SZE+KU|{ki}-ta
5. ba-lah5
6. 3(asz@c) lu2
7. gir-gi-lu2#[{muszen}{ki}-ta]
8. [ba-lah5]
  several lines missing
column 4'
1. ba-lah5
2. 1(u@c) lu2
3. 1(asz@c) iszib?
4. x-{d}inanna
5. ba-lah5
6. 1(asz@c) lu2
7. e2?-husz{ki}-[ta]
  several lines 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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Conscription list of workers from various estates; 3x11x9x8 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: OSP 1, 43

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-13-766
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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
2011-09-13 at 13:31:04 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2011-08-24 at 03:54:55 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2011-08-22 at 04:57:25 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
2007-07-15 at 00:30:22 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2007-03-26 at 18:08:28 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:59 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OSP 1, 043 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216101.
OSP 1, 043 artifact entry (No. P216101). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216101 (Original work published 2003)
OSP 1, 043 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216101 (Accessed: January 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216101},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216101},
}

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