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CDLI Seals 003283 (composite) (P455993)

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

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Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Seal

  • Artifact type: Seal (not impression) Artifact type comments:

    composite

  • Material: Stone
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  • Seal no.: S003283
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    composite

  • primary: CUSAS 7, 0511

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

  • history: ENES, 0623

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

  • history: Mayr, PhD diss, 382

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

  • history: Mayr SITU, 0468

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

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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-19 at 12:56:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-28 at 12:29:22 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-05-13 at 06:57:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-09-30 at 20:29:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-09-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI; Firth, Richard; Földi, Zsombor J.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Liu Changyu; Santoïemma, Loïc CDLI approved View

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

Impression Provenience Period Date
AAICAB 1/3, pl. 237, Bod S 253 (P249160) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.07.01.00
Anonymous 521731 unpublished assigned ? (P521731) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.43.01.00 (us2 year)
BPOA 01, 0997 (P339652) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.45.12.00 (us2 year)
BPOA 07, 2208 (P290712) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.44.00.00
CST 582 (P108098) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.02.12.00
JANES 08, 43 01 (P111759) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.03.00.00
Nisaba 32, 017 (P322503) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.01.11.00
Nisaba 34, 1149 (P507196) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) 00.00.00.00
NMSA 3526 (P341906) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.07.00 (us2 year)
OrSP 47-49, 239 (P125129) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.44.03.00
OrSP 47-49, 250 (P125140) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.45.00.00
OrSP 47-49, 265 (P125155) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.00.00
Princeton 1, 388 (P127077) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.04.04.00
SAT 2, 0380 (P143580) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.44.04.00

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 003283 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P455993.
CDLI Seals 003283 (composite) artifact entry (No. P455993). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P455993 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Seals 003283 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P455993 (Accessed: April 23, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 003283 (composite) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P455993},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P455993},
}


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