CDLI Seals 001306 (physical) (P270242)

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

UM 30-12-040

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Mineral > Calcite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

22.0 mm × 14.0 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Mineral > Calcite
  • Measurements (mm): 22.0 high × 14.0 wide
  • Weight:
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S001306
  • Seal information:

    Inscription

  • Artifact comments:

    Offering a kid to Nergal

  • Genre(s):
  • Language(s):

  • primary: UE 2, no. 201

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: UM 30-12-040
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Provenience Comments:

    PG 1118

  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: U 11725
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-07 at 15:59:11 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-05 at 17:40:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-03 at 10:16:17 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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This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 001306 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P270242.
CDLI Seals 001306 (physical) artifact entry (No. P270242). (2023, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270242 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Seals 001306 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270242 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 001306 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270242},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270242},
}


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