CDLI Seals 006557 (physical) (P472812)

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Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Seal impressions

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

Impression	Provenience	Period	Date

Record

CDLI number	P472812
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P472812

Physical information

Matthews: Hard fine white limestone. Drilled and incised design, drill holes
up to 0.15 cm deep, narrowing as they deepen. Clear concentric markings in drill holes. Pierced.

Artifact type	Cylinder seal physical
Dimensions	24.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Metamorphic rock > Marble
Preservation
Seal Number	S006557

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1928-0448
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 46

[Buchanan1966catalogue1] Buchanan, Briggs. 1966. Cylinder Seals. Vol. 1. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford : Clarendon Press.
history: Secrets of Dark Mound, Fig. 7.1, Pl. 13

[Matthews2002DarkMound] Matthews, Roger J. 2002. Secrets of the Dark Mound: Jemdet Nasr 1926-1928. Aris & Phillips for British School of Archaeology in Iraq.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-15 at 15:50:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-15 at 13:32:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-03-18 at 16:20:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-18 at 09:46:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-20 at 10:14:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2015-05-17 at 19:11:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-01-22 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wagensonner, Klaus	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006557 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472812.

CDLI Seals 006557 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472812). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472812 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006557 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472812 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006557 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472812.

CDLI Seals 006557 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472812). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472812 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006557 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472812 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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