NRVN 1, 180 (P122397)
Legal, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | NRVN 1, 180 |
|---|---|
| ID | P122397 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 13536 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Cripps, Eric · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 1 barig 4 ban2 barley did Šeškalla |
| obverse 2 | 1 barig 4 ban2 did Azida |
| obverse 3 | 1 barig 4 ban2 did Ur-Ninurta |
| obverse 4 | barley loan (of the temple household) of Enlil |
| obverse 5 | from Lugal-namtare |
| obverse 6 | receive; |
| obverse 7 | under seal of Ur-Ninurta; |
| reverse 1 | the harvest will remit this debt; |
| reverse 2 | That “My field by flooding was ruined!”, or |
| reverse 3 | “by the storm was ruined!” |
| reverse 4 | they will not say, |
| reverse 5 | to the king or the chief administrator they will not say, |
| reverse 6 | by the royal name they have sworn; |
| reverse 7 | the extra month “Harvest,” |
| reverse 8 | the year: “En-amgal of Inanna by omens was chosen.” |
| seal 1 1 | Ur-Ninurta, |
| seal 1 2 | son of Lu-Lamma. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze szesz-kal#-la# | |
| 2 | 1(barig) 4(ban2) a2-zi-da | |
| 3 | 1(barig) 4(ban2) ur-{d}nin-urta# | |
| 4 | sze ur5-ra {d}en-lil2-la2# | |
| 5 | ki lugal-nam-tar-re#-ta | |
| 6 | szu ba-ti-esz2 | |
| 7 | kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-urta | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | buru14 ama-bi gi4-gi4 | |
| 2 | a-sza3-mu a-e ba-ab-rex(HU) | |
| 3 | u4-de3 ba-ab-rex(HU) | |
| 4 | nu-ub-be2-ne-a | |
| 5 | lugal-ra u3 sanga nu-na-be2-ne-a | |
| 6 | mu lugal-bi i3-pa3-de3-esz2 | |
| 7 | iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 | |
| 8 | mu en-am-gal {d}inanna masz2-e i3-pa3# | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur#-{d}nin-urta# | |
| 2 | dumu lu2-{d}lamma#? | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.