CDLI Seals 002575 (composite) (P455285)

Administrative seal (not impression) excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period

Museum Collection(s)

-

Museum Number

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Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seal impressions

This artifact is a composite seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):

Impression Provenience Period Date
AAICAB 1/3, pl. 225, Bod S 191 & Bod S 190a (P249097) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.31.04.00 (us2 year)
AAICAB 1/3, pl. 240, Bod S 271 (P249176) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.38.12.00
AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 473 (P330541) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.01.00.00
Aleppo 194 (P100526) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.01.00.00
BIN 05, 243 (P106677) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.02.00 (us2 year)
BPOA 01, 1478 (P340133) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.09.00
BPOA 07, 1599 (P290917) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.05.00 (us2 year)
BPOA 07, 2243 (P290745) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.48.00.00
FS Wu 112, 7 (P416541) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.02.00.00 (us2 year)
MVN 13, 337 (P117109) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.44.04.00
MVN 18, 466 (P119827) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.41.12.00 (us2-us2 year)
NBC 05152 (P298075) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.02.00.00
Nisaba 34, 0148 (P469503) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.01.03.00
OrSP 47-49, 240 (P125130) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.44.05.00
SAT 2, 0080 (P143279) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.33.12.00 (us2 year)
SAT 2, 0344 (P143544) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.43.11.00
YOS 04, 111 (P142175) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.44.05.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P455285

Physical information

composite

Artifact type Seal (not impression)
composite
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Stone
Preservation
Seal Number S002575

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)
Museum Number
Accession Number

References

  • primary: CUSAS 7, 0342

    [MayrCUSAS7] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2025. The Seal Impressions of the Garšana and the Umma Archives.

  • history: Ashm seal cat. I, 0434

    [Buchanan1966catalogue1] Buchanan, Briggs. 1966. Cylinder Seals. Vol. 1. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

  • history: ENES, 0588 (seal)

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • history: Mayr, PhD diss, 206

    [Mayr1997diss] Mayr, Rudolf H. 1997. “The Seal Impressions of Ur III Umma.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.

  • history: Mayr SITU, 0268

    [Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-19 at 12:56:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-15 at 13:32:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-07-28 at 12:29:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-07-20 at 10:14:24 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-05-13 at 06:57:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-09-30 at 20:29:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-09-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI; Firth, Richard; Földi, Zsombor J.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Liu Changyu; Santoïemma, Loïc CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 002575 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P455285.
CDLI Seals 002575 (composite) artifact entry (No. P455285). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P455285 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Seals 002575 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P455285 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 002575 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P455285.
CDLI Seals 002575 (composite) artifact entry (No. P455285). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P455285 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Seals 002575 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P455285 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P455285},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P455285},
}

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