OSP 1, 045 (P221591)

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 29-16-254

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of workers and rations)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] mes-nu2-a
2. 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) ur-x
3. [...] AN
  several lines missing
column 2
1. [x] 2(barig@c)#? sze ansze-kam
2. ur-e2-gal
3. 6(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
4. 2(asz@c) ugula unu3 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
5. ba-ta-e3
6. 5(asz@c) SIG7 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
7. bad3
8. 2(asz@c) SIG7 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
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column 3
1. 1(barig@c) igi-{d}en-lil2-sze3#
2. 2(asz@c) SIG7# [...]
3. 4(ban2@c) lugal-szu12-de3#
4. 2(asz@c) SIG7 2(barig@c)
5. 1(barig@c) gab2-ra
6. 1(barig@c) ab-x-ba?-a
7. 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
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column 4
1. 2(u@c) [...]
2. 6(asz@c) gurusz [1(barig@c)] 2(ban2@c) {d}inanna-ur-sag
3. 5(asz@c) [...]
4. 5(asz@c) <gurusz> 1(barig@c) [x] KA-[x]
5. 4(asz@c) <gurusz> 1(barig@c) [...]
  several lines missing
reverse
column 1
1. igi#-lugal-sze3#
2. 2(asz@c) masz2 1(barig@c)
3. 1(asz@c) udu 3(ban2@c)
4. 3(asz@c) i3-du8 1(barig@c)
5. e2-i3-gara2-sub6
6. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) da-da i3-du8
7. 3(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
8. 3(asz@c) gurusz#? 1(barig@c) sze
column 2
1. 2(barig@c) i#-bi2#-i3-lum
2. 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) zi-zi
3. 3(asz@c) SIG7 2(barig@c) bil3-ul4-gal
4. 3(asz@c) SIG7 2(barig@c) mah-an-dab6-e
5. 2(asz@c) SIG7 2(barig@c) giri3-ni-ba-dab5
6. 3(asz@c) SIG7 2(barig@c) e2-ki-ba
column 3
1. [...] mes-utu-ba
2. 2(barig@c) nagar
3. 5(asz@c) simug 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
4. 2(asz@c) simug 2(barig@c)
5. e2 da-da
6. 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) geme2 1(barig@c)
7. im-ta-e11
8. 2(barig@c) lugal-szum2-du11-ga x
column 4
1. [x] sze szah2-kam
2. [(x)] 1(barig@c) nin-szu12-gal2-la
3. 5(asz@c) i3-du8 1(barig@c)
4. 3(asz@c) kikken ensi2-ge
5. 3(asz@c) udu
6. [...] 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
7. [...] masz2 [...]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: OSP 1, 45

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 29-16-254
  • Accession No.:

  • 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
2011-10-09 at 15:05:10 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2011-09-29 at 05:45:02 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2011-09-12 at 14:51:35 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:04:32 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2007-07-15 at 00:30:23 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2007-03-26 at 18:08:29 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:54 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, 045 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221591.
OSP 1, 045 artifact entry (No. P221591). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221591 (Original work published 2003)
OSP 1, 045 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221591 (Accessed: January 17, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221591},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221591},
}


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