BRM 3, 025 (P107249)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

MLC 02305

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

bulla
surface a
1. 1(ban2) kasz saga
2. 3(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
3. 1(barig) 3(ban2) kasz dida saga
4. 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida du
5. 2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda du gur#
6. 1(barig) 1(ban2) zi3-gu saga
7. 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) dabin gur#
8. [x] gin2 i3-gesz
9. [x] sila3 [x]
10. [x] sila3 [...]
11. [x] x [...]
surface b
1. 6(disz) udu u2#?
2. 1(ban2) 2/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 [x]
3. 7(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 sze [x]
4. sa2-du11 kas4
5. sza3 an-za-gar3 i7# [gir2-su{ki}]
6. giri3 lu2-du10-ga
7. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
8. u3 ur-{d}nun-[gal]
surface c
1. u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
2. iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
3. mu# {d}szu-{d}suen lugal# uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3
4. lu2-du10-ga u3 ur-e2-mah-<e> in-gi-ne2-esz
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

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000493.2 (composite) (P457990) S000493.2 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 002932.2 (composite) (P533566) S002932.2 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P107249

Physical information

Artifact type Bulla
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number MLC 02305
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 003801
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-002252
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) MLC.2305

References

  • primary: BRM 3, 25

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:54:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:32 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 3, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107249.
BRM 3, 025 artifact entry (No. P107249). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107249 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107249 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2023BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 3, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107249},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107249},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107249
LB  - CDLI:P107249
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - BRM 3, 025 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107249
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 3, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107249.
BRM 3, 025 artifact entry (No. P107249). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107249 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107249 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2023BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 3, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107249},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107249},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107249
LB  - CDLI:P107249
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - BRM 3, 025 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107249
ER  -
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