CDLI Seals 020841 (physical) (P541679)
Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, IraqMetadata / catalogue
Flat catalogue
As CSV As TSVExpanded catalogue
As JSONLinked catalogue
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XMLText / annotations
Text data
As ATF As JTFLinked annotations
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML
Museum Collection(s)
National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, IraqMuseum Number
IM 003822Period
ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)Provenience
Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Language(s)
-Measurements
-Seal Annotation unreviewed
surface a
(no linguistic content)
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
-
Artifact type:
Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:
L of cylinder 0039
- Material: Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
- Measurements (mm):
- Weight:
- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description:
- Join Information:
- Seal no.: S020841
- Seal information:
-
Artifact comments:
[A] Cylinder seal of lapis lazuli on a
[B] silver bangle.
The bangle is of flattened silver wire now distorted and broken: the wire passes through the cylinder.
Cylinder, 2 registers: above; inscription. 1 human figure, and rampant animals. below; 1 human figure and rampant animals.
- Genre(s):
- Language(s):
-
primary: UE 2, no. 166
[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.
-
history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 14g
[Frankfort1939CylSeals] Frankfort, Henri. 1939. Cylinder Seals: A Documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East. Macmillan.
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: IM 003822
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
- Elevation:
- Stratigraphic Level:
- Excavation No: U 08359A
- Findspot Square:
- Findspot Comments:
- Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
- Dates Referenced:
- Alternative Years:
- Date Comments:
- Accounting Period:
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-16 at 10:11:28 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
 |
|
| 2024-03-01 at 15:21:09 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
|
|
| 2023-10-04 at 18:11:09 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
|
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
-
There is no external resource for this artifact yet.
This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):
| Impression | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-05]},
year = {2024},
month = {apr 16},
title = {CDLI {Seals} 020841 (physical) artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P541679},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P541679},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2024/4/16/ PY - 2024 ID - P541679 LB - CDLI:P541679 M1 - 2025/9/5/ TI - CDLI Seals 020841 (physical) artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P541679 ER -