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Trouvaille 91 (P134764)

Administrative bulla excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

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Museum Collection(s)

Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

Museum Number

MRAH O.0075

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

58.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 50.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
surface a
1. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz! u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. kiszib3 ur-mes
surface b
  blank space
  seal impressions
surface c
  blank space
  seal impressions
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}amar-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-uszumgal
4. ARAD2-zu
seal 2
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. na-sa6
2. kuruszda
3. ARAD2-zu
  (following Buchanan)
seal 3
1. a-da-lal3
2. ARAD2 lugal
seal 4
1. i-ri-bu-um
2. ARAD2 lugal
seal 5
1. ad-da-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-pa-e3

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 Artifact type comments:

    pyramidal

  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 58.0 high × 53.0 wide × 50.0 thick
  • Weight:
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    pyramidal

  • primary: Trouvaille, 91

    [Genouillac1911Trouvaille] Genouillac, Henri de. 1911. La Trouvaille de Dréhem : Étude Avec Un Choix de Textes de Constantiniple et Bruxelles. Paris : Geuthner.

    Recrutement d'ouvriers

  • history: ENES, 0643 (seal)

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • history: Limet, TSU, 51

    [Limet1976TSU] Limet, Henri. 1976. Textes Sumériens de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. Documents Du Proche Orient Ancien. Épigraphie 1. Bruxelles: Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire.

  • history: RIAA (1925), 075

    [Speleers1925RIAA] Speleers, Louis. 1925. Recueil Des Inscriptions de l’Asie Antérieure Des Musées Royaux Du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles; Textes Sumériens, Babyloniens et Assyriens.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: MRAH O.0075
  • Accession No.:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.--.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-04-16 at 13:28:00 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:44 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-10-13 at 15:03:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-03-15 at 12:56:58 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2012-06-08 at 10:52:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:10:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:18 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000011 (composite) (P430112) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.--.00.00
CDLI Seals 000020 (composite) (P430121) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.--.00.00
CDLI Seals 000136 (composite) (P430235) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 000302 (composite) (P430400) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 000426 (composite) (P430522) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Trouvaille 91 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P134764.
Trouvaille 91 artifact entry (No. P134764). (2024, April 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P134764 (Original work published 2001)
Trouvaille 91 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P134764 (Accessed: April 25, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {apr 16},
	title = {Trouvaille 91 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P134764},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P134764},
}


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