OSP 1, 137 (P221637)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-16-281

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of fields)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] x x
2. [...] x
3. [...] x-la
4. [...] x
column 2
1. sukkal-mah#
2. 2(asz@c) PA ITI? UD esz3
3. 1(asz@c) sukkal esz3
4. 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) PA-GIN2 u3-mu-ni-zal
5. [...] tur
  several lines missing
column 3
1. 2(asz@c) {d}inanna-ur-sag
2. 2(asz@c) tibira
3. 1(asz@c) nin#?-[...]
  several lines missing
column 4
1. ur#?-[...]
2. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}[...]
3. 3(asz@c) 3(barig@c) PA-GIN2 unu3
4. 1(u@c) lugal-mu-dib
column 5
1. [...]-PA dumu engar
2. [...] szesz-pa3-da
3. engar
4. [...] ur-{d}da-mu
  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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  • primary: OSP 1, 137

    [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 29-16-281
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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
2008-10-09 at 16:04:37 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2007-07-15 at 00:30:25 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2007-03-26 at 18:08:31 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:55 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, 137 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221637.
OSP 1, 137 artifact entry (No. P221637). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221637 (Original work published 2003)
OSP 1, 137 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221637 (Accessed: January 19, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 137 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221637},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221637},
}


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