CDLI Seals 001442 (physical) (P247685)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16852

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Seal

object seal
surface a
1. nin-tur nin
 en: Nintur the queen,
2. dam mes-an-ne2-pa3-da
 en: wife of Mesanepada.

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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:

    physical

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
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  • Seal no.: S001442
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

  • primary: RIME 1, .13.05.03, ex. 01

    [Frayne2008RIME1] Frayne, Douglas R. 2008. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 1. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 13c

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

  • history: UET 1, 0268

    [Gadd1928UET1] Gadd, Cyril J., and Léon Legrain. 1928. Royal Inscriptions. Ur Excavations. Texts 1. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

  • history: Pittman Treasures from Royal Tombs of Ur (pp. 75-84), 82 no. 25

    [Pittman1998UrTreasures] Pittman, Holly. 1998. “Cylinder Seals.” Edited by Richard L. Zettler. Treasures from Royal Tombs of Ur, 75–84.

  • history: UE 2, no. 216

    [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.

  • citation: Iraq 22, (pp. 69-89), 71 no. 36

    [SollbergerIraq22FsWoolley] Sollberger, Edmond. 1960. “Notes on the Early Inscriptions from Ur and El-’Obēd.” Iraq 22: Ur in Retrospect. In Memory of Sir C. Leonard Woolley.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 16852
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 08981
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-29 at 19:30:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-12 at 19:09:49 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-09-03 at 17:03:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-03 at 13:39:43 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:05:24 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2007-02-12 at 22:49:58 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:38:22 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2004-08-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 001442 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P247685.
CDLI Seals 001442 (physical) artifact entry (No. P247685). (2024, February 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247685 (Original work published 2004)
CDLI Seals 001442 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247685 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {feb 29},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 001442 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247685},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247685},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 001442 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P247685.
CDLI Seals 001442 (physical) artifact entry (No. P247685). (2024, February 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247685 (Original work published 2004)
CDLI Seals 001442 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247685 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {feb 29},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 001442 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247685},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247685},
}


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TI  - CDLI Seals 001442 (physical) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P247685
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