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MSVO 2, ED seal no. 012c (P338148)

Administrative sealing excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 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 35-01-674

Period

ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Sealing

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

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  • Artifact type: Sealing
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MSVO 2, ED seal no. 12c

    [Matthews1993MSVO2] Matthews, Roger J. 1993. Cities, Seals and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur. Materialien Zu Den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen Des Vorderen Orients, Band 2. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.

    SIS4-5. Complete impression surviving. H 4.3, L 9.1. Relatively freely arranged symbols: ?DU3, U4 UNUG (Larsa), edinnu, pots, ?URI3+AB (Ur), unusual form of leg cross, UB. Sealing 7.3 x 5.4 x 4.7. > two rollings. Smooth peg, di. 1.8. String with knot besi

  • history: UE 3, 454

    [Legrain1936UE3] Legrain, Léon. 1936. Archaic Seal-Impressions. Ur Excavations, vol. 3.

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  • Museum No.: UM 35-01-674
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 20083c
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 08:46:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2006-09-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006198 (composite) (P458936) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MSVO 2, ED Seal No. 012c Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P338148.
MSVO 2, ED seal no. 012c artifact entry (No. P338148). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P338148 (Original work published 2006)
MSVO 2, ED seal no. 012c artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P338148 (Accessed: April 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {MSVO 2, {ED} seal no. 012c artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P338148},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P338148},
}


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