CDLI Seals 001368 (physical) (P272878)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Museum Number

WAM 42.0707

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

-

Measurements

31.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Stone
  • Measurements (mm): 31.0 high × 19.0 wide
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: The scene includes a bearded, nude hero wrestling a horned bovid, and a bull-man wrestling a lion. Additionally, there is a cuneiform inscription in two registers.
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S001368
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

  • Genre(s):
  • Language(s):

  • history: First Impressions, p. 032-035 and 193 ff, period IIIa.

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: WAM 42.0707
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-13 at 19:38:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-09-03 at 16:32:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:38:44 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 001368 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 13, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P272878.
CDLI Seals 001368 (physical) artifact entry (No. P272878). (2023, August 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P272878 (Original work published 1970)
CDLI Seals 001368 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P272878 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	month = {aug 13},
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P272878},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P272878},
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