CDLI Seals 006642 (physical) (P472897)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1880-0139

Period

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

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

Measurements

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 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	P472897
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P472897

Physical information

physical

Artifact type	Cylinder seal physical
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Stone
Preservation
Seal Number	S006642

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1880-0139
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 144

[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	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-15 at 13:32:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-20 at 10:14:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2015-01-22 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wagensonner, Klaus	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006642 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472897.

CDLI Seals 006642 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472897). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472897 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006642 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472897 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006642 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472897.

CDLI Seals 006642 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472897). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472897 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006642 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472897 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P472897},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P472897},
}

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