BRM 3, 012 (P107242)

Administrative bulla excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 02313

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Bulla

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
2. 1(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) kasz du gur
3. 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) ninda du gur
4. 1(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 igi-sag szum2 gaz
5. 1(ban2) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
6. 7(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 naga gazx(KUM)#
7. sa2-du11 kas4 sza3 umma{ki}
8. giri3# {d}szara2-za-me
reverse
1. kiszib3# lu2-kal-la u3
2. ur-{d}nun-gal-ka
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi u4 3(u)-kam
4. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
5. ur-ge6-par4 [u3] lu2-sukkal? ib2-gi-[ne2]
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nun-gal
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}szara2
4. sza13-dub-ba-ka
seal 2
1. lu2-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-e11-e szusz3

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)

  • Artifact type: Bulla
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BRM 3, 12

    [Keiser1914BRM3] Keiser, Clarence E. 1914. Cuneiform Bullae of the Third Millennium B.C. Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Part 3. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Dahl, Ruling family Umma, p. 102–103

    [Dahl2007ruling-family] Dahl, Jacob L. 2007. The Ruling Family of Ur III Umma. A Prosopographical Analysis of an Elite Family in Southern Iraq 4000 Years Ago. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabije Oosten Te Leiden = PIHANS 108. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.

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  • Museum No.: MLC 02313
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.10.30
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2011-07-22 at 13:26:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-02 at 13:59:11 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-02 at 12:21:07 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:32 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000493.2 (composite) (P457990) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 002932.2 (composite) (P533566) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BRM 3, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107242.
BRM 3, 012 artifact entry (No. P107242). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107242 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 012 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107242 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 3, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107242},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107242},
}

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