NRVN 1, 265 (P122482)

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 00236 (cast: CBS 09741 ?)

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (metro-mathematical)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has fragments

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 2(disz) ninda gid2 iz-zi gul-la
2. 2(disz) kusz3 dagal hi-a
3. sukud-bi 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3
4. gesz-gi-bi 2(u) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sar
calculation: 22 x 2/12 x 8 = 29 1/3
5. a2 gurusz 1(disz)-a 1/3(disz) sar-ta
6. gurusz-bi 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) u4 asz-sze3
calculation: 29 1/3 x 3 = 88
7. eb2-gul
reverse
1. gesz-gi sumun
2. e2 {d}ne3-eri11-<gal> iri bar-ka
3. ki ur-{d}isztaran
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5
5. u4 5(disz) ba-zal
6. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul-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): Administrative (metro-mathematical)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NRVN 1, 265

[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: NATN, 285 (from cast)

[Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.
collation: OrAnt 14, p.307-314, p. 313

[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 00236 (cast: CBS 09741 ?)
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.12.05
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-03-19 at 16:46:33	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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
2015-09-07 at 07:52:57	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Cripps, Eric L.		CDLI	Approved
2012-04-23 at 10:09:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:50:13	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:26:11	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:27	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 (014961) (014961)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.236) (Ni.236)

Notes

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CDLI Notes:

P122482 leadP122482 lead

Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 265 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122482.

NRVN 1, 265 artifact entry (No. P122482). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122482 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 265 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122482 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 265 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122482.

NRVN 1, 265 artifact entry (No. P122482). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122482 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 265 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122482 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122482},
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