CDLI Seals 006560 (physical) (P472815)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1928-0447

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Marble

Language(s)

-

Measurements

27.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Marble
  • Measurements (mm): 27.0 high × 22.0 wide
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S006560
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    Matthews: White limestone with brown/orange speckles. Incised lines are up to 0.1 cm deep. Not completely pierced.

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  • primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 49

    [Buchanan1966catalogue] Buchanan, Briggs. 1966. Cylinder Seals. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum 1. Oxford University Press.

  • history: Secrets of Dark Mound, Fig. 6.1. Pl. 15

    [Matthews2002DarkMound] Matthews, Roger J. 2002. Secrets of the Dark Mound: Jemdet Nasr 1926-1928. Aris & Phillips for British School of Archaeology in Iraq.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Ashm 1928-0447
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-03-18 at 16:05:29 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-18 at 09:44:43 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-20 at 10:14:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2015-05-17 at 19:11:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-01-22 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Wagensonner, Klaus 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 006560 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472815.
CDLI Seals 006560 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472815). (2024, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472815 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 006560 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472815 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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