NRVN 1, 239 (P122456)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 01954

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. nam-1(u) ku-ru-ub-e2-a
2. apin-la2-sze3
3. i3-li2-ra-bi2
4. ur-li
reverse
1. i3-na-szum2
2. mu lugal-bi im-pa3
3. tukum-bi
4. szuku-ra-ni al-ba#
5. 1(disz) al-la-zu
6. 1(disz) KU?-sa6-ga
7. lu2-inim-ma
left
1. mu us2-a i-bi2-{d}suen
seal 1
1. dingir-ra-bi2
2. dumu ni-e-e2#-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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: NRVN 1, 239

[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.
citation: Steinkeller, Security for debt (2001), p. 57 no. 4

[Steinkeller2001security] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2001. “The Ur III Period.” In Security for Debt in Ancient Near Eastern Law, edited by Raymond Westbrook and Richard Jasnow, 9:47–62. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Leiden: Brill.
citation: 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.
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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Ni 01954
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00 (us2 year)
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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 13:50:12	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:26:10	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 (014935) (014935)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.1954) (Ni.1954)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002180 (composite) (P454890)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 239 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122456.

NRVN 1, 239 artifact entry (No. P122456). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122456 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 239 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122456 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 239 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122456},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122456},
}

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M1  - 2026/2/15/
TI  - NRVN 1, 239 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 239 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P122456.

NRVN 1, 239 artifact entry (No. P122456). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122456 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 239 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122456 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

@misc{2023NRVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NRVN 1, 239 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122456},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122456},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P122456
LB  - CDLI:P122456
M1  - 2026/2/15/
TI  - NRVN 1, 239 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122456
ER  -