CDLI Seals 000652 (physical) (P261238)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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 05046

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Mineral > Hematite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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Seal

object seal
surface a
1) ka-lu-um
 en: Kalum,
2) _dumu_ a-li2-a-hu-ia
 en: son of Ali-ahūia,
3) _ARAD_ sza-ra-am
 en: servant of Šaram.

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Mineral > Hematite
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  • Seal no.: S000652
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

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  • primary: RIME 4, .x0.19.x2001, ex. 01

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: PBS 14, 0360

    [Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 05046
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-29 at 19:30:47 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-12 at 16:57:11 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-09-29 at 11:58:58 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 000652 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P261238.
CDLI Seals 000652 (physical) artifact entry (No. P261238). (2024, February 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261238 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Seals 000652 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261238 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P261238},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261238},
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