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NRVN 1, 120 (P122336)

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 05678

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ma-na [ku3-babbar]
2. iti! szu-numun-[na] gi4-gi4-[dam]
3. tukum-[bi nu-gi4] i3-x-[x]
4. 1(disz) gin2 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) [sze gur-ta] ab-szi-[gar]
5. ki ur-{d}nusku-[ta]
6. 1(disz) ur-ga2-gi4-[a]
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-[...]
reverse
1. 1(disz) un-sa6-[ga]
2. 1(disz) ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
3. 1(disz) lu2-kal-la
4. 1(disz) ur-du6-ku3-[ga]
5. 1(disz) lugal-pa-e3
6. szu ba-ti-[esz2]
7. mu lugal-bi in#-pa3-de3#-[esz2]
8. iti sig4 u4 [n] zal-[la]
9. mu {d}szu-[{d}suen lugal]

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, 120

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Ni 05678
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.03.00, Šū-Suen.01.04.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Šū-Suen.01.03.00 to Šū-Suen.01.04.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2011-07-22 at 13:49:59	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 (014815) (014815)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.5678) (Ni.5678)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122336.

NRVN 1, 120 artifact entry (No. P122336). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122336 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 120 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122336 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122336},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122336},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122336
LB  - CDLI:P122336
M1  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - NRVN 1, 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122336
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122336.

NRVN 1, 120 artifact entry (No. P122336). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122336 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 120 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122336 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122336},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122336},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122336
LB  - CDLI:P122336
M1  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - NRVN 1, 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122336
ER  -