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NRVN 1, 207 (P122424)

Legal tablet & envelope 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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 00077

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gin2 igi 4(disz) <gal2> ku3-babbar
2. ki ur-sukkal-ta
3. bu-KA szu ba-ti
blank space
4. iti bara2-za-gar-sze3
reverse
1. szum2-bi gi4-gi4-de3
2. mu lugal-bi in-pa
sic pa
3. 1(disz) lugal-engar
4. 1(disz) szu-ku-bu-um
5. 1(disz) lu2-[...]
6. lu2-inim-ma#-[bi]-me#
seal 1
1. bu-KA#
2. dumu ba-a

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NRVN 1, 207

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Ni 00077
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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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 13:50:10	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:26:08	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:34:00	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:26	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 (014903) (014903)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.77) (Ni.77)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002055 (composite) (P454765)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 207 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122424.

NRVN 1, 207 artifact entry (No. P122424). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122424 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 207 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122424 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 207 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122424},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122424},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122424
LB  - CDLI:P122424
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - NRVN 1, 207 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122424
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 207 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122424.

NRVN 1, 207 artifact entry (No. P122424). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122424 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 207 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122424 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 207 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122424},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122424},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122424
LB  - CDLI:P122424
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - NRVN 1, 207 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122424
ER  -