MSVO 2, ED seal no. 070 (P338249)

Administrative sealing excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

BM — + CBS 19050 ?

Period

ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Sealing

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

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  • Artifact type: Sealing
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MSVO 2, ED seal no. 70

    [Matthews1993MSVO2] Matthews, Roger J. 1993. Cities, Seals and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur. Materialien Zu Den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen Des Vorderen Orients, Band 2. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.

    SIS4 or perhaps SIS8 - Not a cylinder rolling but incised symbols: NUN (Eridu), ? - Sealing 10.5 x 5.5 x 5.2. Smooth peg with flared head and base, di. 3.0. Several rows of string, sg di. 0.35. Very smooth base. Functional type: door peg.


  • history: UET 2, 313

    [Burrows1935UET2] Burrows, Eric. 1935. Archaic Texts. Ur Excavations. Texts 2. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

  • history: UE 3, 102

    [Legrain1936UE3] Legrain, Léon. 1936. Archaic Seal-Impressions. Ur Excavations, vol. 3.

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  • Museum No.: BM — + CBS 19050 ?
  • Accession No.: 1930-12-13, 0410

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 14841
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2006-09-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006256 (composite) (P458994) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MSVO 2, ED Seal No. 070 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338249.
MSVO 2, ED seal no. 070 artifact entry (No. P338249). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338249 (Original work published 2006)
MSVO 2, ED seal no. 070 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P338249 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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}

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