CDLI Seals 001271 (physical) (P270182)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16869

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

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Bone > Shell

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  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Bone > Shell
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  • Seal no.: S001271
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    physical

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  • primary: UET 1, 0270

    [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), 81 no. 23

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

  • history: UE 2, no. 060

    [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), 071 no. 15

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 16869
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 08513
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-03-01 at 15:21:09 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-12 at 19:09:49 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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 001271 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 12, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P270182.
CDLI Seals 001271 (physical) artifact entry (No. P270182). (2023, August 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270182 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Seals 001271 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270182 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270182},
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