NRVN 1, 221 (P122438)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 02142

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) eme3
2. 1(disz) amar ga ansze
3. 1(u) 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar-sze3
4. nam-ha-ni
5. ip-qu2-sza dam-gar3
6. in-si-sa3
7. x-am-ta
8. [x]-du10
9. [x]-da-ni
10. la-la-a ku3-gal2
11. [x]-x-x-sar
reverse
1. [...] aga3-us2
2. [lu2-inim]-ma-bi-me
3. [igi-bi-sze3] ansze ba-szum2
4. [mu lugal]-bi ba-pa3
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P122438

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 02142
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014917
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) Ni.2142

References

  • primary: NRVN 1, 221

    [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.

Revisions and credits

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 13:50:11 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
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

Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 221 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122438.
NRVN 1, 221 artifact entry (No. P122438). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122438 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 221 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122438 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 221 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122438},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122438},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122438
LB  - CDLI:P122438
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - NRVN 1, 221 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122438
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 221 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122438.
NRVN 1, 221 artifact entry (No. P122438). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122438 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 221 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122438 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 221 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122438},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122438},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122438
LB  - CDLI:P122438
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - NRVN 1, 221 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122438
ER  -
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