NRVN 1, 179 (P122396)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 01423

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) sze gur
 en: 3 gur barley,
  ca. 900 liters
2. sze ur5-ra {d}en-lil2-la2
 en: barley loan (of the temple household) of Enlil,
3. ki amar-szuba2-ta
 en: from Amar-šuba
4. lugal-pa-e3 gu-za-la2
 en: did Lugal-pa’e, the throne bearer,
5. szu ba-ti
 en: receive;
reverse
1. buru14 ama-bi gi4-gi4
 en: the harvest the obligation will discharge;
  literally, ‘harvest returning its mother’
2. iti! sig4-ka i3-ib2#-gi4#?-gi4#?
 en: in the month “Brick” it will be remitted;
  month 3, May-June
3. a-sza3-mu a-e3 ba-rex(HU)
 en: “My field by flooding was ruined!,” or
4. a-sza3-mu u3-de3 ba-rex(HU)
 en: “My field by the storm was ruined!”
5. ba-ra-ab-be2-en3
 en: you will not say!;
6. iti! udru{duru5}
 en: month “udru,”
  month 11, January-February
  some text moved to next line
7. mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul
 en: year “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.”

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NRVN 1, 179

    [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: BBVO 18 (pp. 301-339), 302-303

    [Wilcke1999BBVO18] Wilcke, Claus. 1999. “Flurschäden, Verursacht Durch Hochwasser, Unwetter, Militär, Tiere Und Schuldhaftes Verhalten Zur Zeit Der 3. Dynastie Von.” Landwirtschaft Im Alten Orient, Berliner Beiträge zum Vorderer Orient, 18: 301–39.

  • collation: OrAnt 14, p.307-314, p. 310

    [Waetzoldt1975NRVN1] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1975. “Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica, III: Kollationen Zu M. Çığ - H. Kızılyay, Neusumerische Rechts- Und Verwaltungsurkunden Aus Nippur I.” Oriens Antiquus 14.

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  • Museum No.: Ist Ni 01423
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.11.00, Amar-Suen.08.03.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 14:18:31 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 14:16:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-10-11 at 09:19:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2015-12-01 at 19:43:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Cripps, Eric L. CDLI approved View
2015-11-29 at 10:07:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Cripps, Eric L. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:50:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:26:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:25 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“NRVN 1, 179 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122396.
NRVN 1, 179 artifact entry (No. P122396). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122396 (Original work published 2001)
NRVN 1, 179 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122396 (Accessed: March 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {NRVN 1, 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122396},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122396},
}


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