CDLI Seals 016622 (physical) (P529344)

Stamp seal excavated in Tripoli (mod. Al Mina), and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1954-0229.1

Period

Provenience

Tripoli (mod. Al Mina)

Material(s)

Sedimentary rock > Limestone

Language(s)

Measurements

20.0 mm × 9.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced	1200 BC - 600 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	P529344
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P529344

Physical information

stamp seal (Stud; human-headed male sphinx passant (material from Ashmolean catalog: burnt limestone)

Artifact type	Stamp seal stamp seal (Stud; human-headed male sphinx passant (material from Ashmolean catalog: burnt limestone)
Dimensions	20.0 mm × 9.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Sedimentary rock > Limestone
Preservation
Seal Number	S016622

Provenance

Provenience	Tripoli (mod. Al Mina) Turkey
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	MN 451
Findspot	MN 451, level 8-7
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1954-0229.1
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. III, 7

[BuchananMoorey1988seals] Buchanan, Briggs, and P. R. S. Moorey. 1988. The Iron Age Stamp Seals. Catalogue of Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Musuem 3. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
history: Al Mina 2, 161, pl. 15

[Woolley1938AlMina] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1938. “The Excavations at Al Mina, Sueidia. II.” Journal of Hellenic Studies 58: 133–70.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-15 at 16:53:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-19 at 17:44:36	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 016622 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P529344.

CDLI Seals 016622 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529344). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529344 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016622 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529344 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016622 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P529344.

CDLI Seals 016622 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529344). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529344 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016622 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529344 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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