NRVN 1, 249 (P122466)

Administrative 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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Lineart

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 01199

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [igi ur-{d}nanibgal]
2'. [ensi2] nibru{ki}-ka-sze3
3'. [in]-na-szum2
4'. lugal-ad-da nu-banda3 en-nu
5'. lu2-dingir-ra di-ku5 lugal
6'. i-di3-e2-a
7'. aga3-us2 lu2-dingir-ra
8'. ku-ku!-a dumu ur-{d}da-mu
reverse
broken
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}]szul-gi
2. [nita] kal-ga
3. [lugal uri5{ki}]-ma
4. [lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri]
column 2
1. ur-{d}nanibgal
2. ensi2
3. nibru[{ki}]
4. dumu lugal-engar-du10
5. ensi2
6. nibru{ki}-ka

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): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NRVN 1, 249

[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.
history: RIME 3/2, .01.02.x2022, ex. 2

[Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.
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 01199
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2014-09-26 at 11:17:04	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	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 (014945) (014945)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.1199) (Ni.1199)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 006157 (composite) (P458867)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 249 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122466.

NRVN 1, 249 artifact entry (No. P122466). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122466 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 249 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122466 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122466},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 249 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122466.

NRVN 1, 249 artifact entry (No. P122466). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122466 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 249 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122466 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {NRVN 1, 249 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122466},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122466},
}

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