HSS 16, 449 (P409396)
Administrative bulla excavated in Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
SM 2000.03.277Provenience
Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)Artifact Type
BullaMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (SM catalogue: hollow egg shaped bulla that contained 48 little stones. the text is an account of animals entrusted to a shepherd.)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
- Artifact type: Bulla
- Material: Clay
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- Condition Description: repaired; l: 61 x 46; there is a replica in basement drawer 95 c while the original is on display
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- Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: hollow egg shaped bulla that contained 48 little stones. the text is an account of animals entrusted to a shepherd.)
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: HSS 16, 449
[Lacheman1958HSS16] Lacheman, Ernest R. 1958. Excavations at Nuzi. Volume VII: Economic and Social Documents. Harvard Semitic Series 16. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
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history: OIMP 32 (pp. 33-84), 046
[Woods2010writing] Woods, Christopher. 2010. “The Earliest Mesopotamian Writing.” In Visible Language. Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East and Beyond, edited by Christopher Woods, 33–84. Oriental Institute Museum Publications, Number 32. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
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- Museum No.: SM 2000.03.277
- Accession No.: (SMN) 1854 (SM catalogue: 4817)
- Provenience: Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)
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- Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-03 at 09:19:50 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. | CDLI | approved |
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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024HSS,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-11]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 3},
title = {HSS 16, 449 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P409396},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P409396},
}
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