NRVN 1, 118 (P122334)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 02109

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar gi4-gi4-de3
2. ki ad-da-kal-la sza13-dub-ba-ta
3. ad-da-kal-la
4. szu ba-ti
5. iri si sa2-e-da-bi
6. tukum-bi
7. nu-un-ni-gi4
8. e2-a-ni ad-da-kal-la sza13-dub-e
reverse
1. ba-[tum2-mu? ...]
n lines broken
2'. [...]-sze3?
3'. [...]
4'. [...] dumu [...]-x
5'. [...]-x-bi
6'. 1(disz) lu2-[...] dumu ba-lu5-u2
7'. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
8'. iti gu4-si-su2
some text moved to next line
9'. mu us2-sa bad3-gal ba-du3 mu ab-us2-a
seal 1
column 1
1. da-da
2. ensi2
3. nibru{ki}
4. ad-da-kal-la
column 2
1. dub-sar
2. dumu ur-x-x [...]
3. ARAD2 [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NRVN 1, 118

[Çığ1965NRVN1] Çığ, Muazzez İlmiye, and Hatice Kızılyay. 1965. Neusumerische Rechts- Und Verwaltungsurkunden Aus Nippur - I. Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınlarından, VI. Seri, No. 7. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu.
history: RIME 3/2, .01.05.x2010

[Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.
collation: OrAnt 14, p.307-314, p. 309

[Waetzoldt1975NRVN1] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1975. “Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica, III: Kollationen Zu M. Çığ - H. Kızılyay, Neusumerische Rechts- Und Verwaltungsurkunden Aus Nippur I.” Oriens Antiquus 14.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Ni 02109
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.08.02.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2017-07-02 at 13:42:56	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:49:58	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:25:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:24	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (014813) (014813)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.2109) (Ni.2109)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005788 (composite) (P458498)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“NRVN 1, 118 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122334.

NRVN 1, 118 artifact entry (No. P122334). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122334 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 118 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122334 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122334},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NRVN 1, 118 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122334.

NRVN 1, 118 artifact entry (No. P122334). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122334 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 118 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122334 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {NRVN 1, 118 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122334},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122334},
}

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TI  - NRVN 1, 118 artifact entry
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