NRVN 1, 179 (P122396)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 01423

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) sze gur
 en: 3 gur barley,
  ca. 900 liters
2. sze ur5-ra {d}en-lil2-la2
 en: barley loan (of the temple household) of Enlil,
3. ki amar-szuba2-ta
 en: from Amar-šuba
4. lugal-pa-e3 gu-za-la2
 en: did Lugal-pa’e, the throne bearer,
5. szu ba-ti
 en: receive;
reverse
1. buru14 ama-bi gi4-gi4
 en: the harvest the obligation will discharge;
  literally, ‘harvest returning its mother’
2. iti! sig4-ka i3-ib2#-gi4#?-gi4#?
 en: in the month “Brick” it will be remitted;
  month 3, May-June
3. a-sza3-mu a-e3 ba-rex(HU)
 en: “My field by flooding was ruined!,” or
4. a-sza3-mu u3-de3 ba-rex(HU)
 en: “My field by the storm was ruined!”
5. ba-ra-ab-be2-en3
 en: you will not say!;
6. iti! udru{duru5}
 en: month “udru,”
  month 11, January-February
  some text moved to next line
7. mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul
 en: year “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Amar-Suen.07.11.00 to Amar-Suen.08.03.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P122396

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number Ist Ni 01423
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014875
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) Ni.1423

References

  • primary: NRVN 1, 179

    [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: BBVO 18 (pp. 301-339), 302-303

    [Wilcke1999BBVO18] Wilcke, Claus. 1999. “Flurschäden, Verursacht Durch Hochwasser, Unwetter, Militär, Tiere Und Schuldhaftes Verhalten Zur Zeit Der 3. Dynastie Von.” Landwirtschaft Im Alten Orient, Berliner Beiträge zum Vorderer Orient, 18: 301–39.

  • collation: OrAnt 14, p.307-314, p. 310

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 14:18:31 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 14:16:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
2017-10-11 at 09:19:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2015-12-01 at 19:43:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Cripps, Eric L. CDLI Approved View
2015-11-29 at 10:07:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Cripps, Eric L. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:50:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:26:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:25 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 179 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122396.
NRVN 1, 179 artifact entry (No. P122396). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122396 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 179 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122396 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {NRVN 1, 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122396},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122396},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 179 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122396.
NRVN 1, 179 artifact entry (No. P122396). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122396 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 179 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122396 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {NRVN 1, 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122396},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122396},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - NRVN 1, 179 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122396
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