CST (JRL) 452 (P107967)

Administrative bulla excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL 0452

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

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. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 ba-ba saga
2. sa2-du11 ku5-ra2
3. bala er3-re-eb
4. mu ha-la-la-sze3
reverse
1. kiszib3 ba-za-za
  seal impression
2. iti ses-da-gu7
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki} mu-du3
seal 1
1. ba-za-za
2. dumu-munus sag?-la-[x]

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  • Artifact type: Bulla
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CST (JRL), 452

    [Fish1932CST] Fish, Thomas. 1932. Catalogue of Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library. Manchester: The Manchester University Press.

  • history: Fs Postgate (pp. 25-42), 034

    [Biggs2017FsPostage] Biggs, Robert D. 2017. “The Šu-Suen Year 9 Sa2-Du11 Ku5-Ra2 Flour Dossier from Puzriš-Dagan.” In At the Dawn of History. Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of J. N. Postgate. Volume 1-2, edited by Yağmur Heffron, Adam Stone, and Martin Worthington. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

  • collation: MVN 12, p. 114

    [Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: JRL 0452
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.03.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-06-10 at 13:53:14 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:27:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:50 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 000056 (composite) (P430157) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šū-Suen.09.03.00

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Cite this Artifact
“CST (JRL) 452 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P107967.
CST (JRL) 452 artifact entry (No. P107967). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107967 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 452 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107967 (Accessed: July 4, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107967},
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