Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 08978Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
20.0 mm × 16.0 mmSeal
| Genre(s) | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Sabium.00.00.00 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):
| Impression | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI number | P263795 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P263795 |
physical
| Artifact type |
Cylinder seal physical
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| Dimensions | 20.0 mm × 16.0 mm |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Sedimentary rock > Limestone |
| Preservation | |
| Seal Number | S000855 |
| Provenience | Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain] |
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| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | |
| Findspot | |
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| Collection(s) |
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Museum Number | CBS 08978 |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
|---|---|
| Penn Museum (Penn) | 71300 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | CBS.8978 |
primary: RIME 4, .03.03.001
history: PBS 14, 0327
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-02-29 at 19:30:47 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-12 at 16:57:11 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2019-09-28 at 07:46:12 | Firth, Richard | Transliteration | Firth, Richard | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô | Penn Museum | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
year = {2024},
month = {feb 29},
title = {CDLI {Seals} 000855 (physical) artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P263795},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263795},
}
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