CDLI Seals 001346 (physical) (P272856)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Museum Number

WAM 42.0595

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Mineral > Hematite

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

24.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Mineral > Hematite
  • Measurements (mm): 24.0 high × 13.0 wide
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: The scene depicts an interceding goddess in horned crown leading worshipper (bald, wearing a robe) to a seated, bearded deity wearing a horned crown. The space between the seated god and interceding goddess includes a solar disk cradled in an inverted cre
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S001346
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

  • history: First Impressions, p. 035ff. period IIIb

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

  • history: ANE, WAG Picturebook (1974) no. 06

    [sec52610] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: WAM 42.0595
  • Accession No.:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    "post-Akkadian/Ur III"

  • Dates Referenced:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-13 at 19:38:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-09-03 at 16:26:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-06-19 at 16:40:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:46:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:38:44 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas 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 001346 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P272856.
CDLI Seals 001346 (physical) artifact entry (No. P272856). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P272856 (Original work published 1970)
CDLI Seals 001346 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P272856 (Accessed: July 20, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P272856},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P272856},
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