CDLI Seals 005719 (composite) (P458429)

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

object seal
surface a
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
5. ur-{d}lamma
6. sza3-tam
7. ARAD2-zu

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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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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S005719
  • Seal information:

    Formatting of legend? cf. S006168

  • Artifact comments:

    composite

  • primary: QNAR 1, BM 85322

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

    (seal)

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:45 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI 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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    There is no external resource for this artifact yet.

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

Impression Provenience Period Date
BM 024902 (P203482) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.01.00
BM 024938 (P203235) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.45.09.00
BM 027495 (P203975) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.48.09.00
BM 027723 (P203994) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.48.11d.00 (intercalated)
BM 028055 (P203492) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.03.00
BM 029662 (P203700) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.47.05.00
BM 029669 (P203339) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.00.00
BM 085322 (P381261) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.44.09.00
BM 085389 (P381285) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.47.03.00
BM 085435 (P381322) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.47.12.00
Nisaba 22, 020 (P381655) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.47.10.00 (us2 year)

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CDLI Notes:

20150426 firth: Altavilla, QNAR 1 variously lists this seal legend with limmu and limmu2

Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 005719 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P458429.
CDLI Seals 005719 (composite) artifact entry (No. P458429). (2023, July 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P458429 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Seals 005719 (composite) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P458429 (Accessed: April 27, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 19},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 005719 (composite) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P458429},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P458429},
}


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