Introduction The tablets in the University Museum and their edition in this volume Joins Abbreviations Concordance of Museum Inventory Numbers Concordance of Previous Publications List of Joins Archeological Record of Individual Texts Texts Excavated during the IV Expedition Chapter I: The Ration Lists and Related Texts A third-millennium Mesopotamian ration - what is it? The archeological context of the Nippur ration lists Date and time span of the Archive Structure of the Nippur ration lists The rations When were rations distributed? The receivers How many receivers? An ancient overview of the archive Comparison with other sites Conclusions THE TEXTS Chapter II: Other Classical and Late Sargonic texts Chapter III.1: Additions and corrections to OSP I and ECTJ Chapter III.2. Additions to OSP II Chapter IV. Inscriptions INDICES Deities Personal names Professions Temples Month names Year names Fields and orchards River names Place names Index of Unknown Signs Bibliographical References Photographic Plates I-X.