CDLI Seals 005871 (physical) (P458581)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 089126

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Igneous rock > Greenstone

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Seal

Text

object seal
surface a
column 1
1. ur-{d}namma
 en: Ur-Namma,
2. nita kal-ga
 en: the mighty man,
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
 en: king of Ur,
column 2
1. ha-asz2-ha-me-er
 en: Hašḫamer,
2. ensi2
 en: the governor
3. isz-ku-un-{d}suen{ki}
 en: of Iškun-Sin,
4. ARAD2-zu
 en: is your servant.

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seal impressions

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

Impression Provenience Period Date

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P458581

Physical information

physical

Artifact type Cylinder seal
physical
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Igneous rock > Greenstone
Preservation
Seal Number S005871

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) [uncertain]
Found at Babylon before 1820 by W John Hine, and handed, on his death in 1860, to Claude Delaval Cobham; Donated by Claude Delaval Cobham in 1880 through C.T. Newton.
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 089126
Accession Number 1880-10-09, 0001

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 194900
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.89126
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1880-1009-1

References

  • primary: RIME 3/2, .01.01.x2001, ex. 01

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: WAS 2, 469

    [Collon1982WAS2] Collon, Dominique. 1982. Akkadian, Post Akkadian, Ur III Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, II.

  • history: First Impressions, 532

    [Collon2005FirstImpressions] Collon, Dominique. 2005. First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East (2nd Edition). British Museum Press.

  • history: CT 21, pl. 06 BM 089126

    [King1905CT21] King, Leonard W. 1905. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 21.

  • history: Ancient Seals, no. 6

    [Martin1940Seals] Martin, Richard A. 1940. Ancient Seals of the Near East. Field Museum of Natural History.

  • history: Ward, Seal Cylinder, 30, 303a

    [Ward1910SealCyl] Ward, William H. 1910. The Seal Cylinders of Western Asia. Carnegie Institute of Washington.

  • history: SAOC 46 (p. 59-99), Plate 1a

    [Winter1987SAOC46] Winter, Irene J. 1987. “Legitimation of Authority Through Image and Legend: Seals Belonging to Officials in the Administrative Bureaucracy of the Ur III State.” The Organization of Power: Aspects of Bureaucracy in the Ancient Near East, 59–99.

    Note typo on Mus. no.

  • history: CSWA, pl. 40

    [Wiseman1959CSWA] Wiseman, Donald J. 1959. Cylinder Seals of Western Asia. Batchworth Press.

  • citation: Iraq 36 (pp. 5-28), p. 27, no. 12

    [Barnett1974Iraq36] Barnett, Richard David, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1974. “Charles Bellino and the Beginnings of Assyriology.” Iraq 36 (1): 5–28.

  • citation: Fs Owen p.143-158, p. 152-156

    [Such-Gutiérrez2010Königsinschriften] Such-Gutiérrez, Marcos. 2010. “Die Königsinschriften Des III. Jahrtausends Im British Museum. Ein Erster Bericht Und Fünf Neue Texte.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 143–58. Bethesda: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-07-18 at 14:11:25 Cross, Aidan Artifact metadata Cross, Aidan Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2025-09-30 at 14:34:54 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-02-29 at 19:30:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-26 at 18:31:04 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-12-05 at 06:24:53 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-10-24 at 13:15:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-09-30 at 20:29:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-09-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI; Firth, Richard; Földi, Zsombor J.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Liu Changyu; Santoïemma, Loïc CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 005871 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P458581.
CDLI Seals 005871 (physical) artifact entry (No. P458581). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P458581 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Seals 005871 (physical) artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P458581 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 005871 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P458581.
CDLI Seals 005871 (physical) artifact entry (No. P458581). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P458581 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Seals 005871 (physical) artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P458581 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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