CDLI Seals 008684 (physical) (P475424)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 128841

Period

ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Language(s)

-

Measurements

44.0 mm × 9.0 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
  • Measurements (mm): 44.0 high × 9.0 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S008684
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

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  • primary: WAS 1, 10l

    [Wiseman1962WAS1] Wiseman, Donald J. 1962. Uruk-Early Dynastic Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 1.

  • history: First Impressions, 52

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 128841
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  • Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain) Provenience Comments:

    BM web-site: Purchased. All of the known examples with this type of pattern were made of lapis lazuli and were probably made as beads in Afghanistan and exported to Mesopotamia; several seals of this type have been excavated in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. Production date about 2650BC.

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-03-20 at 09:48:22 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-28 at 09:41:17 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-04 at 09:08:50 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2015-05-17 at 19:11:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-01-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View

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    There is no external resource for this artifact yet.

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

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 008684 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 20, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P475424.
CDLI Seals 008684 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475424). (2024, March 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P475424 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 008684 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P475424 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P475424},
}


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