CDLI Seals 001415 (physical) (P216421)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 089137

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Material(s)

Igneous rock > Diorite

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

33.2 mm × 20.5 mm

Seal

Text

seal
surface a
1. u-bil-esz18-dar
 en: Ūbil-Aštar,
2. szesz lugal
 en: brother of the king:
3. KAL-KI
 en: KAL-KI
4. dub-sar
 en: the scribe,
5. ARAD2-zu
 en: (is) his servant.

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P216421

Physical information

hunting

Artifact type Cylinder seal
physical
Dimensions 33.2 mm × 20.5 mm
Weight
Material(s) Igneous rock > Diorite
Preservation
Seal Number S001415

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 089137
Accession Number N 1208

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.89137

References

  • primary: RIME 2, .00.00.1001, ex. 01 (1993)

    [Frayne1993RIME2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1993. Sargonic and Gutian Periods (2334-2113 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods, vol. 2. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: Light from the East, 45 no. 3

    [Ball1899LightEast] Ball, Charles James. 1899. Light from the East or Witness of the Monuments.

  • history: WAS 2, 141

    [Collon1982WAS2] Collon, Dominique. 1982. Akkadian, Post Akkadian, Ur III Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, II.

  • history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 24c

    [Frankfort1939CylSeals] Frankfort, Henri. 1939. Cylinder Seals: A Documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East. Macmillan.

  • history: CT 21, pl. 01 BM 089137

    [King1905CT21] King, Leonard W. 1905. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 21.

  • history: Layard, Discoveries, 538

    [Layard1853Discoveries] Layard, Austen Henry. 1853. Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon.

  • history: Pinches Seals, pl. 1:2

    [Pinches1885Seals] Pinches, Theophilus G. n.d. “The Babylonian and Assyrian Cylinder-Seals of the British Museum,” Journal of the British Archaeological Association, , no. vol. 41, Issue 4.

  • history: Ward, Seal Cylinder, 28

    [Ward1910SealCyl] Ward, William H. 1910. The Seal Cylinders of Western Asia. Carnegie Institute of Washington.

  • citation: Fs Owen p.143-158, p. 152-156

    [Such-Gutiérrez2010Königsinschriften] Such-Gutiérrez, Marcos. 2010. “Die Königsinschriften Des III. Jahrtausends Im British Museum. Ein Erster Bericht Und Fünf Neue Texte.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 143–58. Bethesda: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-04-08 at 09:54:42 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-02-29 at 19:30:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-11 at 09:54:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-07-26 at 18:31:04 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-09-22 at 11:53:21 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-05-27 at 11:33:48 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Basello, Gian Pietro; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Gelb, Ignace J.; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 001415 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216421.
CDLI Seals 001415 (physical) artifact entry (No. P216421). (2024, April 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216421 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Seals 001415 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216421 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).
@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {apr 8},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 001415 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216421},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216421},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/4/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P216421
LB  - CDLI:P216421
M1  - 2026/4/16/
TI  - CDLI Seals 001415 (physical) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216421
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 001415 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216421.
CDLI Seals 001415 (physical) artifact entry (No. P216421). (2024, April 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216421 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Seals 001415 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216421 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).
@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {apr 8},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 001415 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216421},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216421},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/4/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P216421
LB  - CDLI:P216421
M1  - 2026/4/16/
TI  - CDLI Seals 001415 (physical) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216421
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.