CDLI Seals 006570 (physical) (P472825)

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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	P472825
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P472825

Physical information

Matthews: Pale grey/white limestone. Crack in surface, probably from heat. Incised lines up to 0.15 cm deep. Pierced.

Artifact type	Cylinder seal physical
Dimensions	18.5 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Metamorphic rock > Marble
Preservation
Seal Number	S006570

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	GN 3302
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1926-0490
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 59

[Buchanan1966catalogue1] Buchanan, Briggs. 1966. Cylinder Seals. Vol. 1. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford : Clarendon Press.
history: Mackay Jemdet Nasr, p. 285, pl. 73, Fig. 8

[Mackay1931JemdetNasr] Mackay, Ernest. 1931. “Report on Excavations at Jemdet Nasr, Iraq,” Anthropology Memoirs, vol. 1 no. 3, , 219–303.
history: Secrets of Dark Mound, Fig. 7.3

[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 16:23:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-18 at 09:35:02	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 006570 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472825.

CDLI Seals 006570 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472825). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472825 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006570 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472825 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006570 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472825.

CDLI Seals 006570 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472825). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472825 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006570 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472825 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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