CDLI Seals 016783 (physical) (P529447)

Stamp seal excavated in Girumu (mod. Tell Barguthiat), and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1933-1358

Period

Provenience

Girumu (mod. Tell Barguthiat)

Material(s)

Mineral > Chalcedony

Language(s)

Measurements

20.0 mm × 13.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced	600 BC - 301 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	P529447
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P529447

Physical information

stamp seal (Octagonal pyramid) (material from Ashmolean catalog: bluish chalcedony)

Artifact type	Stamp seal stamp seal (Octagonal pyramid) (material from Ashmolean catalog: bluish chalcedony)
Dimensions	20.0 mm × 13.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Mineral > Chalcedony
Preservation
Seal Number	S016783

Provenance

Provenience	Girumu (mod. Tell Barguthiat)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Kish K 2278
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1933-1358
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. III, 46

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-01-16 at 14:41:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-02 at 16:46:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-30 at 08:47:07	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 016783 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P529447.

CDLI Seals 016783 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529447). (2024, January 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529447 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016783 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529447 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016783 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P529447.

CDLI Seals 016783 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529447). (2024, January 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529447 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016783 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529447 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).

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