NRVN 1, 227 (P122444)

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 01414

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
  beginning broken
1'. e2-ta nu-ub-[ta]-e3-de3
2'. in-na-du11
3'. tukum-bi ba-ra-e3-e!(SZE3)
4'. sa10 geme2 2(disz) ga-ra-tab
5'. u3 geme2-bi gub-ba-an
6'. ba-ra-ba-an-ne-e
7'. in-na-du11
8'. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
9'. 1(disz) ur-li dumu
reverse
1. inim-{d}en-lil2 nu-esz3 tur
2. 1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-rex(HU) dumu ur-ma-ma nu-esz3
3. 1(disz) ka5-a dumu lugal-he2-gal2 nu-esz3
4. 1(disz) lugal-ta-e3 dumu lu2-gi-ab-ki-na-ka
5. 1(disz) lugal-he2-gal2 aszgab
6. [x] x x [...]
  n lines broken
7'. [mu ...] ba-hul-a

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P122444

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number Ist Ni 01414
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014923
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) Ni.1414

References

  • primary: NRVN 1, 227

    [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. 312

    [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 Artifact

“NRVN 1, 227 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122444.
NRVN 1, 227 artifact entry (No. P122444). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122444 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 227 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122444 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 227 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122444},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122444},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122444
LB  - CDLI:P122444
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - NRVN 1, 227 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122444
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“NRVN 1, 227 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122444.
NRVN 1, 227 artifact entry (No. P122444). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122444 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 227 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122444 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 227 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122444},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122444},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122444
LB  - CDLI:P122444
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - NRVN 1, 227 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122444
ER  -
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