CDLI Seals 007573 (physical) (P474350)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 120529

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Metal > Copper, Mineral > Rock crystal

Language(s)

-

Measurements

39.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Metal > Copper, Mineral > Rock crystal
  • Measurements (mm): 39.0 high × 23.0 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S007573
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

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  • primary: WAS 2, 108

    [Collon1982WAS2] Collon, Dominique. 1982. Akkadian, Post Akkadian, Ur III Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, II.

  • history: First Impressions, 101

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

  • history: Iraq 22, (pp. 69-89), 077 no. 111

    [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.

  • history: UE 2, no. 178, pl. 191, 205

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 120529
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 07953
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-01 at 09:53:23 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-28 at 14:14:03 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
2023-07-26 at 18:31:04 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
2015-01-26 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 007573 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474350.
CDLI Seals 007573 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474350). (2023, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474350 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 007573 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474350 (Accessed: May 4, 2024).
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