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NRVN 1, 287 (P122504)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 00052

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz) sze gur
2. ki ugula e2 {d}dumu-zi-da-ta#
3. lugal-a2-zi-da#
reverse
1. szu# ba-ti
2. giri3 ugula e2 {d}asznan
3. sza3 kin {d}inanna
4. mu us2-a ki-masz{ki} ba-hul-a
seal 1
1. lugal-a2-zi-da
2. dub-sar
3. dumu giri3?-ni

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, 287

[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: HAV (pp. 189-222), Huber, Fs Hilprecht,190 Ni 52

[Huber1909HAV] Huber, P. Engelbert. 1909. In Hilprecht Anniversary Volume. Studies in Assyriology and Archaeology Dedicated to Hermann V. Hilprecht upon the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of His Doctorate and His Fiftieth Birthday (July 28), 189–222. Leipzig.
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 00052
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.06.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-28 at 18:06:03	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
2013-06-19 at 17:56:53	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:50:14	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:26:13	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 (014983) (014983)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.52) (Ni.52)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003343 (composite) (P456053)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 287 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122504.

NRVN 1, 287 artifact entry (No. P122504). (2024, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122504 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 287 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122504 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122504},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NRVN 1, 287 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122504.

NRVN 1, 287 artifact entry (No. P122504). (2024, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122504 (Original work published 2001)

NRVN 1, 287 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122504 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {NRVN 1, 287 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122504},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122504},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/8/
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