PBS 13, 05 (P267208)

Administrative bulla excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 12570

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Bulla

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (W/3 impressions of a seal given by Ibi-Sin to the high-priest of Enlil; 2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

bulla
obverse
1. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dam-gar3 dumu erin-da-dingir
  seal impression
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4
column 2
1. sag-{d}nanna-zu
2. sukkal {d}en-lil2
3. ARAD2-da-ni-ir
4. in-na-ba

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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
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (W/3 impressions of a seal given by Ibi-Sin to the high-priest of Enlil; 2 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 13, 05

    [Legrain1922PBS13] Legrain, Léon. 1922. Historical Fragments. Publications of the Babylonian Section 13. University Museum, Pennsylvania. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14913.pdf.

  • history: PBS 14, 0284

    [Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.

  • history: HSAO 9, p.145-174, p. 161, p. 168 22

    [Mayr2004-8AMVDIQL] Mayr, Rudolf H., and David I. Owen. 2004. “The Royal Gift Seal in the Ur III Period.” In Von Sumer Nach Ebla Und Zurück. Festschrift Giovanni Pettinato Zum 27. September 1999 Gewidmet von Freunden, Kollegen Und Schülern., 9:145–74. Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient. Heidelberg.

  • history: Legrain, MJ 11, pp.169-74, figs.82-3

    [sec49987] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 12570
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-28 at 12:05:29 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact, Other Entity Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:57 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:46:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:38:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:49:08 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005972 (composite) (P458682) uncertain (mod. uncertain) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 13, 05 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P267208.
PBS 13, 05 artifact entry (No. P267208). (2024, December 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267208 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 13, 05 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267208 (Accessed: August 31, 2025).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 28},
	title = {PBS 13, 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267208},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267208},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/12/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P267208
LB  - CDLI:P267208
M1  - 2025/8/31/
TI  - PBS 13, 05 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P267208
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 13, 05 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P267208.
PBS 13, 05 artifact entry (No. P267208). (2024, December 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267208 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 13, 05 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267208 (Accessed: August 31, 2025).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 28},
	title = {PBS 13, 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267208},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267208},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/12/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P267208
LB  - CDLI:P267208
M1  - 2025/8/31/
TI  - PBS 13, 05 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P267208
ER  -
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