NRVN 1, 219 (P122436)

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, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

Ist Ni 00218 (cast: CBS 09704 ?)

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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tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz)] gu4 mu 2(disz)
2. [x] IM da gir2 si zu ki
3. HAR?-a HAR?-a ib2-su?-esz2?
4. nig2-sa10-bi 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
5. ur-nig2-ra
6. {d}da-da-mu
7. ARAD2 amar-szuba2 szitim-gal-ke4
8. in-[szi]-sa10
9. 1(disz) x-[x]-la
10. [1(disz) x]-x-ba-ni
11. [1(disz)] ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
reverse
1. 1(disz) ur-{d}da-mu
2. 1(disz) lu2-{d}inanna
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen
4. i3-du8 {d}en-lil2-la2
5. 1(disz) za-na-a-a i3-du8 gar3?-BAD
6. 1(disz) ur-masz-a szitim
7. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
8. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
9. [iti] sze-sag11-ku5
10. [mu {d}]i-bi2-[{d}suen lugal]
11. [...] x gi? x
12. [...] ab? [...]
seal 1
1. ur-nig2
2. dumu ha-an-du

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • primary: NRVN 1, 219

    [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 00218 (cast: CBS 09704 ?)
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.12.00
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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
2015-03-10 at 09:28:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:50:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:26:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:34:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:59:07 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004596 (composite) (P457306) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

Original of cast identified by Owen, NATN p.82, ZA 70(1980)171 n.6 P122436 leadP122436 lead

Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 219 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122436.
NRVN 1, 219 artifact entry (No. P122436). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122436 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 219 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122436 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 219 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122436},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122436},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122436
LB  - CDLI:P122436
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - NRVN 1, 219 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122436
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 219 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122436.
NRVN 1, 219 artifact entry (No. P122436). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122436 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 219 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122436 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 219 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122436},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122436},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122436
LB  - CDLI:P122436
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - NRVN 1, 219 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122436
ER  -
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