CDLI Seals 006170 (composite) (P458880)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Museum Number

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Seal Composite

Text

object seal
surface a
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. lugal-ezem
2. ra2-gaba
3. 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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Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.: S006170
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
composite

Text Information

Genre(s):
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 7, 0602

[MayrCUSAS7] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2025. The Seal Impressions of the Garšana and the Umma Archives.
history: ENES, 0606

[Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.
history: RIME 3/2, .01.02.xadd2092

[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: Mayr, PhD diss, 448

[Mayr1997diss] Mayr, Rudolf H. 1997. “The Seal Impressions of Ur III Umma.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.
history: Mayr SITU, SITU 0549

[Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

Identifiers

Composite No.: Q004310
Museum No.:
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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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
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-19 at 12:56:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-28 at 12:29:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-01 at 20:47:06	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-05-13 at 06:57:31	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2013-09-30 at 20:29:19	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2013-09-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI; Firth, Richard; Földi, Zsombor J.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Liu Changyu; Santoïemma, Loïc	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions (Q004310) (Q004310)

Witnesses

This artifact is a composite text. View the score of CDLI Seals 006170 (composite). See below for a list of its witness(es):

Witness	Period	Provenience

Seal impressions

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

Impression	Provenience	Period	Date
BIN 05, 345 (P106779)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Šulgi.45.09.00 (us2 year)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 006170 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P458880.

CDLI Seals 006170 (composite) artifact entry (No. P458880). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P458880 (Original work published 2013)

CDLI Seals 006170 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P458880 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 006170 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P458880.

CDLI Seals 006170 (composite) artifact entry (No. P458880). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P458880 (Original work published 2013)

CDLI Seals 006170 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P458880 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).

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