CDLI Seals 001443 (physical) (P247689)

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, Iraq

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 004294

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Seal

Text

object seal
surface a
1. gan-kun-sig
 en: Gan-kunsig,
2. erisz-dingir
 en: the ereš-dingir priestess
3. {d}pa-bil3-sag
 en: of the god Pabilsag.

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P247689

Physical information

physical

Artifact type Cylinder seal
physical
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
Preservation
Seal Number S001443

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 09315
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number IM 004294
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 9001

References

  • primary: RIME 1, .13.02.1001, ex. 01 (2007)

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

  • history: First Impressions, 93

    [Collon2005FirstImpressions] Collon, Dominique. 2005. First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East (2nd Edition). British Museum Press.

  • history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 15f

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

  • history: UE 2, no. 098

    [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. 04

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-02-29 at 19:30:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-09-03 at 17:03:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-03 at 10:12:35 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 22:49:59 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

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 001443 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P247689.
CDLI Seals 001443 (physical) artifact entry (No. P247689). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247689 (Original work published 2004)
CDLI Seals 001443 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247689 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 001443 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P247689.
CDLI Seals 001443 (physical) artifact entry (No. P247689). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247689 (Original work published 2004)
CDLI Seals 001443 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247689 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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