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CDLI Seals 001439 (physical) (P247679)

Update made on 2026-07-18 at 14:11:25 by Cross, Aidan with credits to Cross, Aidan

Approved by Pagé-Perron, Émilie

provenience_comments	Excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley; Acquired by the British Museum in 1929.

Update made on 2024-02-29 at 19:30:47 by Firth, Richard with credits to Firth, Richard

Approved by Firth, Richard

publications_comment	; ; ; ; ~~; ; ; ;~~

Update made on 2023-10-05 at 17:40:23 by Firth, Richard with credits to Firth, Richard

Approved by Firth, Richard

publications_exact_ref	.13.03.01, ex. 01; 71 no. 06; p. 152-156; 19c; no. 055
publications_comment	; ; ; ;

Update made on 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 by Rattenborg, Rune with credits to Rattenborg, Rune as part of the project Geomapping Landscapes of Writing

Approved by Rattenborg, Rune

External resources links to British Museum Collection Online added matched from GLoW data dump, see https://gitlab.com/cdli/framework/-/issues/1866

external_resources	UrOnline; BM ~~UrOnline~~
external_resources_key	11583; W_1929-1017-348 ~~11583~~

Update made on 2023-09-04 at 09:08:50 by Firth, Richard with credits to Firth, Richard

Approved by Firth, Richard

publications_type	primary; citation; citation; history; history ~~history~~

Update made on 2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 by Rattenborg, Rune with credits to Hafford, William B. and Rattenborg, Rune as part of the project Geomapping Landscapes of Writing

Approved by Rattenborg, Rune

Added external links based on index supplied by Brad Hafford 28 June 2023

external_resources	UrOnline
external_resources_key	11583

Update made on 2004-08-04 at 00:00:00 by CDLI, CDLI with credits to Foxvog, Daniel A., Guerra, Dylan and Johnson, J. Cale

Approved by CDLI, CDLI

20040427 johnsonjc

designation	CDLI Seals 001439 (physical)
artifact_type	Cylinder seal
period	ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
seal_no	S001439
composites	Q003661
museum_no	BM 122536
accession_no	1929-10-17, 0348
is_provenience_uncertain	0
is_period_uncertain	0
is_artifact_type_uncertain	0
is_school_text	0
height	49.0
width	31.0
excavation_no	U 11751
artifact_comments	physical
collections	British Museum, London, UK
dates	Mes-KALAM-du.00.00.00
genres	Administrative
genres_comment	physical seal, royal
genres_uncertain	0
languages	Sumerian
languages_uncertain	0
materials	shell
materials_uncertain	0
publications_key	1435154
publications_type	history
retired	0
has_fragments	0
is_artifact_fake	0
artifact_type_comments	physical