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CDLI Seals 007986 (physical) (P474763)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. Hamadan), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 089034

Period

Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Hamadan)

Material(s)

Mineral > Hematite

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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Text

object seal
surface a
1. mu-qa-di-mu-um#
en: Muqaddimum
2. _ARAD_ a-mi-nim
en: servant of Aminu,

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
Consult word list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:
physical
Material: Mineral > Hematite
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.: S007986
Seal information:
the suppliant goddess and a clean-shaven, bald worshipper in a fringed robe, with hands clasped, face a deified king; plain disc and crescent; base-line beneath the scene. The original inscription was erased and recut.
Artifact comments:
physical

Text Information

Genre(s):
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: RIMA 1, .0.026.x2002, ex. 01

[Grayson1987RIMA1] Grayson, A. Kirk. 1987. Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (to 1115 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Assyrian Periods, vol. 1. University of Toronto Press.
history: WAS 3, 038

[Collon1986WAS3] Collon, Dominique. 1986. Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 3.
history: First Impressions, 172

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 089034
Accession No.: 1853-06-22, 0001

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. Hamadan)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
Dates Referenced: Aminu.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-09-05 at 10:19:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2017-10-01 at 12:49:22	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2017-09-07 at 11:22:57	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2015-01-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Wagensonner, Klaus		CDLI	approved

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The British Museum Collection (W_1853-0622-1)

Seal impressions

This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):

Impression	Provenience	Period	Date

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

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“CDLI Seals 007986 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474763.

CDLI Seals 007986 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474763). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474763 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 007986 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474763 (Accessed: April 24, 2024).

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CDLI Seals 007986 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474763). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474763 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 007986 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474763 (Accessed: April 24, 2024).

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