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

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)

Text

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

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005972 (composite) (P458682) S005972 uncertain (mod. uncertain) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P267208

Physical information

Artifact type Bulla
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 12570
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 166600
Penn Museum (Penn) 365505
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.12570

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

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

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: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	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  - 2026/5/3/
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: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	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  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - PBS 13, 05 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P267208
ER  -
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