NRVN 1, 115 (P122331)

Legal 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 00003 (cast: CBS 09730 ?)

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. ki lugal-ezem-ta
3. szesz-kal-la
4. szu ba-ti
5. iti! sig4-ga
reverse
1. la2-e-de3
2. mu lugal-bi
3. in-pa3 i3-la2 nu-la2
4. 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar la2-da bi2-du11
5. iti! <sze>-sag11-ku5 u4 2(u) 1(disz) ba-zal
6. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1

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): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NRVN 1, 115

[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: RA 013 (pp. 143-158), 152 1

[Cuq1916RA13] Cuq, Édouard. 1916. “Les Nouveaux Fragments Du Code De Ḫammourabi.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 13 (3): 143–58.
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 00003 (cast: CBS 09730 ?)
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.12.21, Ibbi-Suen.04.03.00
Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Ibbi-Suen.03.12.21 to Ibbi-Suen.04.03.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-03 at 13:33:04	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
2016-02-05 at 06:07:55	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:49:58	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:25:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:24	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 (014810) (014810)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.3) (Ni.3)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes:

Original of cast identified by Owen, NATN p.82, ZA 70(1980)171 n.6

Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 115 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122331.

NRVN 1, 115 artifact entry (No. P122331). (2024, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122331 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 115 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122331 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122331},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 115 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122331.

NRVN 1, 115 artifact entry (No. P122331). (2024, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122331 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 115 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122331 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 3},
	title = {NRVN 1, 115 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122331},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122331},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122331
LB  - CDLI:P122331
M1  - 2026/2/15/
TI  - NRVN 1, 115 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122331
ER  -