CDLI Seals 000079 (physical) (P430180)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 129532

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Igneous rock > Diorite

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

33.5 mm × 14.0 mm

Seal

object seal
surface a
1. sza2 {disz}{d}marduk-gar-mu#
 en: (Property) of Marduk-šākin-šumi,
2. _a_ {disz}{d}marduk-numun#?-din#?
 en: seed of Marduk-zēra-uballiṭ,
3. _sza3-bala-bala_
 en: descendent
4. {disz}ia-ki#-na
 en: of Iakīnu;
5. _nig2-ba_ u-s,ur#?-{d}marduk#
 en: gift by Uṣur-Marduk
6. _in-ra?-ru?_
 en: presented.

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Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal
  • Material: Igneous rock > Diorite
  • Measurements (mm): 33.5 high × 14.0 wide
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  • Seal no.: S000079
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  • primary: RIMB 2, .B.06.10.2002, ex. 01

    [Frame1995RIMB2] Frame, Grant. 1995. Rulers of Babylonia From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination. The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Babylonian Periods, vol. 2. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: WAS 5, 388

    [Collon2001WAS5] Collon, Dominique. 2001. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals 5. British Museum Press.

  • history: First Impressions, 553

    [Collon2005FirstImpressions] Collon, Dominique. 2005. First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East (2nd Edition). British Museum Press.

  • history: Collon Babylonian seals, p. 112, Fig. 7.22

    [Collon2007BabSeals] Collon, Dominique. 2007. “Babylonian Seals.” Edited by Gwendolyn Leick. The Babylonian World, 95–123.

  • history: Southesk, p. 82, Qb 39, pl. 6

    [Southesk1908Catalogue] Carnegie, Lady Helena. 1908. Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Gems Formed by James Ninth Earl of Southesk K.T., Vol. 2. Bernard Quaritch, London.

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  • Museum No.: BM 129532
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-04-13 at 18:03:34 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-01 at 14:58:18 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-05 at 10:26:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-02-22 at 08:26:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-09-06 at 10:07:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-09-06 at 08:41:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-21 at 12:40:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-29 at 08:26:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-06-20 at 18:11:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-06-18 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 000079 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2012) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 13, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430180.
CDLI Seals 000079 (physical) artifact entry (No. P430180). (2024, April 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430180 (Original work published 2012)
CDLI Seals 000079 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430180 (Accessed: May 8, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430180},
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