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

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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

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.

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Igneous rock > Diorite
  • Measurements (mm): 33.2 high × 20.5 wide
  • Weight:
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S001415
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    hunting

  • 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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 089137
  • Accession No.: N 1208

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-04-08 at 09:54:42 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-02-29 at 19:30:47 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-11 at 09:54:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-26 at 18:31:04 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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 Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2016-05-27 at 11:33:48 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Basello, Gian Pietro; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Gelb, Ignace J.; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):

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Cite this Artifact
“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: May 19, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216421},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216421},
}


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