CDLI Seals 007580 (physical) (P474357)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 089308

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Seal Annotation unreviewed

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Accounting Period

Seal impressions

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

Impression Provenience Period Date

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P474357

Physical information

physical

Artifact type Cylinder seal
physical
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Stone
Preservation
Seal Number S007580

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 089308
Accession Number

References

  • primary: WAS 2, 115

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

  • history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 17h

    [Frankfort1939CylSeals] Frankfort, Henri. 1939. Cylinder Seals: A Documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East. Macmillan.

  • history: CSWA, pl. 32

    [Wiseman1959CSWA] Wiseman, Donald J. 1959. Cylinder Seals of Western Asia. Batchworth Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-02 at 10:41:11 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-07-26 at 18:31:04 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-01-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 007580 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 26, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P474357.
CDLI Seals 007580 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474357). (2023, July 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P474357 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 007580 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P474357 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 007580 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 26, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P474357.
CDLI Seals 007580 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474357). (2023, July 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P474357 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 007580 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P474357 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P474357},
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}

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