Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USAMuseum Number
WAM 42.0583Provenience
uncertain (mod. uncertain)Language(s)
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| Period |
Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) Collon says material suggests attribution of Isin-Larsa period, but the composition and execution/style of scene suggests ED (Collon 1987: 45). Old Assyrian according to WAM web-site
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This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):
| Impression | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI number | P272852 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P272852 |
physical
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Cylinder seal physical
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| Material(s) | Mineral > Hematite |
| Preservation |
The scene depicts a central motif of crossed lions, their heads back-to-back with an inverted crescent in the field between them. Each lion faces a strange, horned quadruped (re-cut?) that rears up on its hind legs. Behind the horned quadrupeds is a cunei
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| Seal Number | S001342 |
| Provenience |
uncertain (mod. uncertain) possible Cappadocian (Collon 1987: 45)
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| Collection(s) |
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
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| Museum Number | WAM 42.0583 |
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history: First Impressions, p. 045 and 027.
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-10-04 at 13:07:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-09-20 at 13:49:59 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2013-10-04 at 14:28:35 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2013-09-10 at 13:39:15 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2013-09-03 at 16:25:33 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:38:43 | CDLI, CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI, CDLI | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
year = {2024},
month = {oct 4},
title = {CDLI {Seals} 001342 (physical) artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P272852},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P272852},
}
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