CDLI Seals 006587 (physical) (P472842)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1929-0270

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

23.0 mm × 8.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Seal impressions

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

Impression Provenience Period Date

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P472842

Physical information

physical

Artifact type Cylinder seal
physical
Dimensions 23.0 mm × 8.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Metamorphic rock > Steatite
Preservation
Seal Number S006587

Provenance

Provenience Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number Kish V 653
Findspot
Y Sounding 4m (Early Houses stratum)
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number Ashm 1929-0270
Accession Number

References

  • primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 77

    [Buchanan1966catalogue1] Buchanan, Briggs. 1966. Cylinder Seals. Vol. 1. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-15 at 13:32:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-01-16 at 17:39:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-07-20 at 10:14:24 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-05-17 at 19:11:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-01-22 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006587 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472842.
CDLI Seals 006587 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472842). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472842 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 006587 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472842 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006587 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472842.
CDLI Seals 006587 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472842). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472842 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 006587 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472842 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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