OSP 2, 185 (P216338)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06214

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Entregas (¿ofrendas?) de animales, cerveza y alimentos.)

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [n] kasz# sze ru-a
3'. [n] uzu szah2
4'. [n] lu{sar} gu2
5'. [ur]-ki
6'. [i3]-de6#
7'. [...] x-sze3
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. i3-[de6]
2'. 1(asz@c) szah2-NE-tur
3'. 1(asz@c) kasz sze ru-a
4'. 3(ban2@c) ninda zi3 sig15
5'. e2-szu
6'. i3-de6
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. n [...]
2'. 2(asz@c) uzu szah2#
3'. ni-na i3-[de6]
4'. 1(barig@c) zu2#-[lum]
5'. ur-zu x
6'. i3-de6#
column 4
  broken
reverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) ninda zu2#-[lum]
2. 1(asz@c) ga2 udu 1(asz@c) [...]
3. 2(asz@c) kasz a-x
4. ur-ki i3-[du]
5. n [...] lu#? [...]
  rest broken
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) ud5
2. 1(asz@c) lu{sar} gu2
3. di-{d}utu-zi
4. i3-de6
5. 1(asz@c) udu ur-ki
6. i3-de6 7(disz@t)-kam-sze3
7. 2(asz@c) x-ma-x
  rest broken
column 4
1. [n] kasz
2. [...] uzu# szah2-kam
3. [n] lu{sar} gu2
4. [ur]-ki# i3-de6
5. [...] uzu# szah2-kam
6. [ni]-na# i3-de6
7. [n udu] ba-usz2-a
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Entregas (¿ofrendas?) de animales, cerveza y alimentos.)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: OSP 2, 185

    [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.

  • history: PBS 9, 056

    [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 06214
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Classical Sargonic

  • Dates Referenced: Shar-kali-sharri.00.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2015-05-05 at 10:19:15 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2012-07-05 at 19:35:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-07-05 at 13:53:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:05 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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Cite this Artifact
“OSP 2, 185 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216338.
OSP 2, 185 artifact entry (No. P216338). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216338 (Original work published 1970)
OSP 2, 185 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216338 (Accessed: March 13, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 2, 185 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216338},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216338},
}


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