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CDLI Seals 004051 (composite) (P456761)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

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Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Seal

Text

object seal
surface a
1. sza3-ba-na-sig
2. szabra
3. e2-zi-mu
4. ARAD2-zu

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Physical Information

Artifact type: Seal (not impression) Artifact type comments:
composite
Material: Stone
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Join Information:
Seal no.: S004051
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
composite

Text Information

Genre(s):
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: QNAR 1, BM 27042

[Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2013-09-30 at 20:29:19	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
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

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Seal impressions

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

Impression	Provenience	Period	Date
BM 023096 (P202754)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Šulgi.38.11.00
BM 027042 (P207139)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	00.00.00.00
HLC 042 (pl. 050) (P109920)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Šulgi.38.11.00 (us2 year)

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 004051 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P456761.

CDLI Seals 004051 (composite) artifact entry (No. P456761). (2023, July 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P456761 (Original work published 2013)

CDLI Seals 004051 (composite) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P456761 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P456761},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P456761},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 004051 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P456761.

CDLI Seals 004051 (composite) artifact entry (No. P456761). (2023, July 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P456761 (Original work published 2013)

CDLI Seals 004051 (composite) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P456761 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 19},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 004051 (composite) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P456761},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P456761},
}

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