CDLI Seals 020295 (physical) (P541174)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16888

Period

-

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Language(s)

-

Measurements

27.0 mm × 8.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

Text

object seal
surface a
  (no linguistic content)

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
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/P541174

Physical information

Artifact type Cylinder seal
Cylinder seal. Lapis Lazuli. 2 registers. Above: 1 seated and 2 standing figures. Below: men [illegible] animals
Dimensions 27.0 mm × 8.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
Preservation
Seal Number S020295

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 08926
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 16888
Accession Number

References

  • primary: UE 10, 221

    [Legrain1951UE10] Legrain, Léon. 1951. Seal Cylinders. Ur Excavations 10.

  • primary: UE 2, no. 319

    [Woolley1934UE2] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1934. The Royal Cemetery: A Report on the Predynastic and Sargonic Graves Excavated between 1926 and 1931. Ur Excavations, vol. 2.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-03-01 at 15:21:09 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-03 at 18:21:42 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 020295 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P541174.
CDLI Seals 020295 (physical) artifact entry (No. P541174). (2023, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P541174
CDLI Seals 020295 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P541174 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 020295 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P541174.
CDLI Seals 020295 (physical) artifact entry (No. P541174). (2023, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P541174
CDLI Seals 020295 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P541174 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 3},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 020295 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P541174},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P541174},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/3/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P541174
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M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - CDLI Seals 020295 (physical) artifact entry
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