CDLI Seals 006500 (physical) (P464870)

Administrative seal (not impression) excavated in Tarbisu (mod. Tell Sherif Khan), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 089135

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Tarbisu (mod. Tell Sherif Khan)

Material(s)

Mineral > Carnelian

Language(s)

-

Measurements

49.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

object seal
surface a
1. _na4-kiszib_ {disz}mu-sze-zib-{d}MASZ _lu2-szid_
2. a {disz}{d}masz-kam _min-ma_
3. a {disz}sza2-ma-nu-ha-szar4-dingir-mesz{disz}-ni _min-ma_

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Consult sign list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Seal (not impression)
  • Material: Mineral > Carnelian
  • Measurements (mm): 49.0 high × 17.0 wide
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  • Seal no.: S006500
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  • primary: WAS 5, 151

    [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, 341

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

  • history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 33a

    [Frankfort1939CylSeals] Frankfort, Henri. 1939. Cylinder Seals: A Documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East. Macmillan.

  • history: RIMA 2, 101.x2005

    [Grayson1991RIMA2] Grayson, A. Kirk. 1991. Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, Vol. I (1114-859 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Assyrian Periods, vol. 2. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: Pinches Seals, pl. 2:3

    [Pinches1885Seals] Pinches, Theophilus G. n.d. “The Babylonian and Assyrian Cylinder-Seals of the British Museum,” Journal of the British Archaeological Association, , no. vol. 41, Issue 4.

  • history: Ward, Seal Cylinder, 695

    [Ward1910SealCyl] Ward, William H. 1910. The Seal Cylinders of Western Asia. Carnegie Institute of Washington.

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  • Museum No.: BM 089135
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-21 at 09:53:15 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-01 at 15:09:08 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-25 at 10:21:25 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-09-05 at 10:26:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2014-06-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI 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 006500 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 1, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P464870.
CDLI Seals 006500 (physical) artifact entry (No. P464870). (2024, January 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P464870 (Original work published 2014)
CDLI Seals 006500 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P464870 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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