Fs Finkelstein 099 (P451009)

Official or display cylinder excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Photo

RTI (detail)

RTI (surface a)

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1924-1245

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Measurements

103.0 mm × 67.0 mm × 32.0 mm

Witness

Text content

Genre(s)	Official or display (witness)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Composite Number	Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835)	needed	View the score

Record

CDLI number	P451009
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P451009

Physical information

large hollow cylinder or truncated cone

Artifact type	Cylinder large hollow cylinder or truncated cone
Dimensions	103.0 mm × 67.0 mm × 32.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment two pieces joined

Provenance

Provenience	Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
Written In
Excavation Number	HMR 856a,b
Findspot	Uhaimir, house ruins, surface
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1924-1245
Accession Number

References

primary: Fs Finkelstein (pp. 93-100), 099

[Gurney1977FsFinkelstein] Gurney, Oliver R. 1977. “Inscribed Cylinders and Cylinder Fragments in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford.” In Essays on the Ancient Near East in Memory of Jacob Joel Finkelstein, edited by Maria DeJong Ellis, 19:93–100. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2024-08-03 at 16:53:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2013-04-10 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wagensonner, Klaus		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Fs Finkelstein 099 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P451009.

Fs Finkelstein 099 artifact entry (No. P451009). (2024, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P451009 (Original work published 2013)

Fs Finkelstein 099 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P451009 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Fs Finkelstein 099 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P451009.

Fs Finkelstein 099 artifact entry (No. P451009). (2024, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P451009 (Original work published 2013)

Fs Finkelstein 099 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P451009 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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