CDLI Seals 012540 (physical) (P468586)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 014315

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Bone > Shell

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Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Bone > Shell
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S012540
  • Seal information:

    Inscription of Szara . . ., scribe of the Lady; {d}Szara-GA? (men?), dub-sar nin

  • Artifact comments:

    physical

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  • primary: UE 2, no. 057

    [Woolley1934UE2] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1934. The Royal Cemetery: A Report on the Predynastic and Sargonic Graves Excavated between 1926 and 1931. Ur Excavations, vol. 2.

  • history: First Impressions, 83

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

  • history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 12c

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

  • history: Iraq 22, (pp. 69-89), 071 no. 005

    [SollbergerIraq22FsWoolley] Sollberger, Edmond. 1960. “Notes on the Early Inscriptions from Ur and El-’Obēd.” Iraq 22: Ur in Retrospect. In Memory of Sir C. Leonard Woolley.

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  • Museum No.: IM 014315
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 09943
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-05 at 17:40:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2014-08-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Charpin, Dominique; Walker, Christopher B. F. 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 012540 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 5, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P468586.
CDLI Seals 012540 (physical) artifact entry (No. P468586). (2023, October 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P468586 (Original work published 2014)
CDLI Seals 012540 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P468586 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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