NRVN 1, 036 (P122248)

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 01969

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. 3(ban2) kasz dida!(U2) saga
2. ki ka5-a-ta
3. ur-me-me szandana
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti apin-du8-a
blank space
2. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}szu-{d}suen]
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
5. ur-me-me
column 2
1. dumu nig2#-du11#-[ga-ni]
2. szandana {d#}[en-lil2-la2]
3. ARAD2#-[zu]
(following Michalowski)

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, 36

[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: Fs. Beckman (pp. 173-194), 177

[Michalowski2013FsBeckman] Michalowski, Piotr. 2013. “The Steward of Divine Gudea and His Family in Ur III Girsu.” Beyond Hatti : A Tribute to Gary Beckman, 173–94.
collation: OrAnt 14, p.307-314, p. 308

[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 01969
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.08.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-24 at 16:28:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2021-05-11 at 07:41:07	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2018-08-23 at 08:57:12	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2013-07-19 at 18:58:20	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:49:54	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:25:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:33:54	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:22	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (014731) (014731)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.1969) (Ni.1969)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 006003 (composite) (P458713)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 036 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122248.

NRVN 1, 036 artifact entry (No. P122248). (2024, October 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122248 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 036 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122248 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122248},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 036 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122248.

NRVN 1, 036 artifact entry (No. P122248). (2024, October 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122248 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 036 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122248 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 24},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122248},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122248},
}

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