CDLI Seals 003649 (composite) (P456359)

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

object seal
surface a
1. lugal-nir-gal2
 en: Lugal-nirgal,
2. ma2!-gin2
 en: boat-builder,
  gin2 corrected to ma2 on seal surface?
3. ARAD2 {d}szara2
 en: servant of Šara.

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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

    composite

  • Material: Stone
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  • Seal no.: S003649
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    composite

  • primary: CUSAS 7, 0645

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

  • history: Ashm seal cat. I, 0437

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

  • history: ENES, 0661

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

  • history: Mayr, PhD diss, 514

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

  • history: Mayr SITU, 0634

    [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
2024-08-15 at 13:32:36 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
2023-07-20 at 10:14:24 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
2017-02-25 at 09:48:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-02-25 at 09:45:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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
MVN 05, 060 (P114280) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.07.03.00
UTI 4, 2468 (P140487) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.06.09.00
UTI 6, 3689 (P141686) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.06.00.00

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 003649 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P456359.
CDLI Seals 003649 (composite) artifact entry (No. P456359). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P456359 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Seals 003649 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P456359 (Accessed: August 7, 2025).
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	title = {CDLI {Seals} 003649 (composite) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P456359},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P456359},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 003649 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P456359.
CDLI Seals 003649 (composite) artifact entry (No. P456359). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P456359 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Seals 003649 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P456359 (Accessed: August 7, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 003649 (composite) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P456359},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P456359},
}


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