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CDLI Seals 012509 (physical) (P468587)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 004005

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Language(s)

Measurements

Seal Annotation unreviewed

Text

object seal
surface a
(no linguistic content)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:
physical; gold caps
Material: Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.: S012509
Seal information:
seal of ur-gub-ba son of lu-mah
Artifact comments:
physical; gold caps

Text Information

Genre(s):
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: UE 2, no. 181

[Woolley1934UE2] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1934. The Royal Cemetery: A Report on the Predynastic and Sargonic Graves Excavated between 1926 and 1931. Ur Excavations, vol. 2.
history: Iraq 22, (pp. 69-89), 071 no. 017

[SollbergerIraq22FsWoolley] Sollberger, Edmond. 1960. “Notes on the Early Inscriptions from Ur and El-’Obēd.” Iraq 22: Ur in Retrospect. In Memory of Sir C. Leonard Woolley.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 004005
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: U 08666
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-03-01 at 15:21:09	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-03 at 10:16:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2014-08-23 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Charpin, Dominique; Walker, Christopher B. F.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Ur Online Project (8243) (8243)

Seal impressions

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

Impression	Provenience	Period	Date

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 012509 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P468587.

CDLI Seals 012509 (physical) artifact entry (No. P468587). (2023, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P468587 (Original work published 2014)

CDLI Seals 012509 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P468587 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 012509 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P468587.

CDLI Seals 012509 (physical) artifact entry (No. P468587). (2023, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P468587 (Original work published 2014)

CDLI Seals 012509 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P468587 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 3},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 012509 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P468587},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P468587},
}

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