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CDLI Seals 003931 (composite) (P456641)

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

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Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

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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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S003931
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    composite

  • primary: ENES, 608

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

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-07-28 at 12:29:22 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-28 at 09:13:38 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
BM 028052 (P203617) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.47.00.00
Nisaba 13, 035 (P355950) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) 00.00.00.00
UDT 008 (P136136) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.00.00

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 003931 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P456641.
CDLI Seals 003931 (composite) artifact entry (No. P456641). (2023, July 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P456641 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Seals 003931 (composite) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P456641 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
@misc{2023CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 28},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 003931 (composite) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P456641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P456641},
}


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