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In 2017, Iraq received 450 cuneiform tablets and 3,000 ancient bullae, or seals, from the Museum and Green family firm Hobby Lobby paid a $3 million fine.

From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2022

They included cuneiform tablets, ancient cylinder seals and clay seal impressions known as bullae.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021

They included 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets, slivers of papyrus, cylinder seals and clay bullae — all relics from ancient Mesopotamia that showcased some of the earliest forms of written communication.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2020

In 1986 archaeologists revealed that several lumps of figured clay called bullae, bought from Arab dealers in 1975, had once been used to mark documents.

From Time Magazine Archive

Specimens from one mile west of Coaldale have slightly more inflated bullae that are more flattened ventrally.

From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.