CDLI Seals 016450 (physical) (P528504)

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Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Pre-Writing (ca. 8500-3500 BC)
Dates Referenced	5900 BC - 3800 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

CDLI number	P528504
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P528504

Physical information

stamp seal (Blunt-ended ovoid) (material from Ashmolean catalog: white marble). Matthews: White/light grey lime stone or alabaster. Drilled
design, holes c. 0. 1 cm deep. Pierced.

Artifact type	Stamp seal stamp seal (Blunt-ended ovoid) (material from Ashmolean catalog: white marble)
Dimensions	19.0 mm × 14.0 mm × 8.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Metamorphic rock > Marble
Preservation
Seal Number	S016450

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	PJN 20
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1930-0086
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. 2, 200

[Buchanan1984Ashmseals] Buchanan, Briggs. 1984. The Prehistoric Stamp Seals. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum 2. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
history: Secrets of Dark Mound, Fig. 4.4

[Matthews2002DarkMound] Matthews, Roger J. 2002. Secrets of the Dark Mound: Jemdet Nasr 1926-1928. Aris & Phillips for British School of Archaeology in Iraq.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-03-19 at 09:08:24	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-03-18 at 09:17:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-29 at 18:24:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-29 at 17:58:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2022-02-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016450 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P528504.

CDLI Seals 016450 (physical) artifact entry (No. P528504). (2024, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P528504 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016450 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P528504 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016450 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P528504.

CDLI Seals 016450 (physical) artifact entry (No. P528504). (2024, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P528504 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016450 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P528504 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).

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