YOS 18, 033 (P142427)

Administrative bulla excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

BC 002929

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

44.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 38.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

object bulla
surface a
1. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) udu masz2 hi!-a
2. ba-usz2 sza3 nibru{ki}
3. ki na-lu5-ta
4. ur-nigar{gar}-ke4
5. szu ba-ti
6. iti sze-sag11-ku5
7. mu# ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}]szul#-gi#
2. nita# kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. ur-nigar#[{gar}]
2. dumu ti#-[ru]
3. muhaldim ARAD2#-[zu]

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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
  • Measurements (mm): 44.0 high × 35.0 wide × 38.0 thick
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  • primary: YOS 18, 33

    [Snell1991YOS18] Snell, Daniel C., and Carl H. Lager. 1991. Economic Texts from Sumer. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 18. New Haven: Yale University Press.

    bulla: dead sheep, su ba-ti


  • citation: Tsouparoloulou diss., app. p. 186-187

    [Tsouparoloulou2008diss] Tsouparopoulou, Christina. 2008. “The Material Face of Bureaucracy: Writing, Sealing and Archiving Tablets for the Ur III State at Drehem.” Phdthesis, University of Cambridge.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BC 002929
  • Accession No.: Lager 00023

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-13 at 18:47:17 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-13 at 08:26:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2014-08-21 at 12:45:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-24 at 13:29:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:12:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:11 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 000481 (composite) (P430577) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.42.12.00, Amar-Suen.01.12.18

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Cite this Artifact
“YOS 18, 033 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P142427.
YOS 18, 033 artifact entry (No. P142427). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142427 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 18, 033 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142427 (Accessed: July 19, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 13},
	title = {YOS 18, 033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142427},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142427},
}

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