ETB 2, 07 (P212523)

Administrative bulla excavated in Nagar (mod. Tell Brak), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 131750

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Nagar (mod. Tell Brak)

Artifact Type

Bulla

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

object sealing
surface a
seal impression
seal 1
1. bu14#-me-er
2. _ensi2_
2. [...]-x-bu3{ki#}

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Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Bulla
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative [identification uncertain]
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: ETB 2 (pp. 99-120), 07

[Bonechi2001ETB2] Bonechi, Marco, Irving L. Finkel, and Jesper Eidem. 2001. “The Third-Millennium Inscriptions.” In Nagar in the Third Millennium BC, edited by David Oates, Joan Oates, and Helen McDonald, 2:99–120. Excavations at Tell Brak. British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
history: Iraq 47 (pp. 187 - 201), 200 no. c4

[Finkel1985Iraq47] Finkel, Irving L. 1985. “Inscriptions from Tell Brak 1984.” Iraq 47: 187–201. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4200239.
history: AOAT 3/1, 76

[Loretz1969AOAT3] Loretz, Oswald. 1969. Texte Aus Chagar Bazar Und Tell Brak. Vol. 3/1. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament. Kevelaer : Butzon.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 131750
Accession No.: 1954-05-10, 0061

Provenience

Provenience: Nagar (mod. Tell Brak)
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Excavation No: F 0005a
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Chronology

Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-23 at 18:05:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-23 at 18:00:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-23 at 12:46:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-22 at 13:23:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-26 at 08:57:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-30 at 09:48:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara		CDLI	Approved
2011-09-07 at 14:32:12	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara		CDLI	Approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.131750) (BM.131750)
British Museum Collection (W_1954-0510-61) (W_1954-0510-61)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002063 (composite) (P454773)	Nagar (mod. Tell Brak)	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“ETB 2, 07 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P212523.

ETB 2, 07 artifact entry (No. P212523). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P212523 (Original work published 1970)

ETB 2, 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P212523 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 23},
	title = {ETB 2, 07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P212523},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P212523},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ETB 2, 07 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P212523.

ETB 2, 07 artifact entry (No. P212523). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P212523 (Original work published 1970)

ETB 2, 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P212523 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 23},
	title = {ETB 2, 07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P212523},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P212523},
}

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PY  - 2024
ID  - P212523
LB  - CDLI:P212523
M1  - 2026/1/29/
TI  - ETB 2, 07 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P212523
ER  -