BRM 3, 176 (P107376)

Administrative tag excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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 02457

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Annotation unreviewed

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub#-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. e2-tum kiszib3 bala
 en: chambers, sealed documents of the bala,
3. mu en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3
 en: year: “The en(-priestess) of Nanna was chosen by means of the omens” ,
4. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul-sze3
 en: to the year: “Harsi was destroyed,”
reverse
1. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
 en: year: “Amar-Suen, the king, Urbilum destroyed;”
  blank space
3. {d}en-lil2-la2#?
 en: Enlil,
4. i3-gal2
 en: are here.

Textual annotations

This annotation was changed automatically to match a new version of the transliteration, but has not yet been reviewed since.
#new_text=P107376 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 pisan-dub-ba bisagdubak[filing_basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 e2-tum bitum[administrative_term] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 kiszib3 kiszib[sealed_tablet] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 bala bala[tax] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 5 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 en en[priest] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 {d}nanna Nanna[1] PROPN DN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 8 masz-e masz[goat] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 9 i3-pa3 pad[find] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 ha-ar-szi{ki} Harszi[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 12 ba-hul-sze3 hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 {d}amar-{d}suen Amarsuen[1] PROPN RN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 15 lugal-e lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 16 ur-bi2-lum{ki} Urbilum[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 17 mu-hul n] VERB V Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 {d}en-lil2 Enlil[1] PROPN DN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 19 i3-gal2 ni] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.43.00.00 to Amar-Suen.02.00.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P107376

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) [uncertain]
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 02457
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 003928
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-002404
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) MLC.2457

References

  • primary: BRM 3, 176

    [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: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 062

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-01-16 at 18:07:47 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-01-17 at 13:18:09 Chóliz, Guillermo Transliteration Chóliz, Guillermo Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
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
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-12-04 at 12:15:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-07-11 at 12:34:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:29:49 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:31 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:27:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:35 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 3, 176 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107376.
BRM 3, 176 artifact entry (No. P107376). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107376 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 176 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107376 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BRM 3, 176 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107376},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107376},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P107376
LB  - CDLI:P107376
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - BRM 3, 176 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107376
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 3, 176 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107376.
BRM 3, 176 artifact entry (No. P107376). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107376 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 176 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107376 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BRM 3, 176 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107376},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107376},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P107376
LB  - CDLI:P107376
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - BRM 3, 176 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107376
ER  -
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