NRVN 1, 203 (P122420)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 13533

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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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) la2 1(disz) ma-na ku3!-babbar
2. ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz)-ta-am3 gu-la2 gi NE-bi
3. szesz!-da-da-ke4 szu ba-ti
4. 2(barig) 1(ban2) sze 3(u) 8(disz) gu-la2-bi
5. 1(disz) ka5-a-mu szu ba-ti
6. 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze 2(u) 5(disz) gu-la2-bi
7. 1(disz) lu2-{d#}[... szu ba-ti]
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reverse
  beginning broken
1'. NI#? [...] x-x [...]
2'. mu lugal-bi al-pa3#
3'. iti bara2-za3-gar-ra u4 2(disz) ba-zal
4'. 2(asz) sze gur ka-tar szu ba-ti
5'. iti du6-ku3 1(u) ba-zal
6'. 2(asz) sze gur ka-tar-a lugal-ezem [...]
7'. sza3# kiszib3-ba#
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8'. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-[hul]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NRVN 1, 203

    [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.

  • collation: OrAnt 14, p.307-314, p. 311

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

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  • Museum No.: Ist Ni 13533
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.01.02, Šulgi.42.07.10
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  • Accounting Period: Šulgi.42.01.02 to Šulgi.42.07.10

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2011-07-22 at 13:50:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:26:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:26 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 203 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122420.
NRVN 1, 203 artifact entry (No. P122420). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122420 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 203 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122420 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 203 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122420},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122420},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122420
LB  - CDLI:P122420
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - NRVN 1, 203 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122420
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 203 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122420.
NRVN 1, 203 artifact entry (No. P122420). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122420 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 203 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122420 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 203 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122420},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122420},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122420
LB  - CDLI:P122420
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - NRVN 1, 203 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122420
ER  - 
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