CDLI Seals 006252 (composite) (P458990)

Administrative seal (not impression) excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period

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Period

ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

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Stone

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Seal

  • Artifact type: Seal (not impression) Artifact type comments:

    composite

  • Material: Stone
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  • Seal no.: S006252
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    composite

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  • primary: MSVO 2, ED seal no. 66

    [Matthews1993MSVO2] Matthews, Roger J. 1993. Cities, Seals and Writing: Archaic Seal Impressions from Jemdet Nasr and Ur. Materialien Zu Den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen Des Vorderen Orients, Band 2. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.

  • history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 9f

    [Frankfort1939CylSeals] Frankfort, Henri. 1939. Cylinder Seals: A Documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East. Macmillan.

  • history: UE 3, 458

    [Legrain1936UE3] Legrain, Léon. 1936. Archaic Seal-Impressions. Ur Excavations, vol. 3.

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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 08:46:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2013-10-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI 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
MSVO 2, ED seal no. 066 (P338245) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 006252 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P458990.
CDLI Seals 006252 (composite) artifact entry (No. P458990). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P458990 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Seals 006252 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P458990 (Accessed: June 18, 2025).
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