CDLI Seals 006700 (physical) (P472955)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1928-0575.b1-217

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

Measurements

26.0 mm × 14.5 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 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	P472955
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P472955

Physical information

physical

Artifact type	Cylinder seal physical
Dimensions	26.0 mm × 14.5 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Metamorphic rock > Steatite
Preservation
Seal Number	S006700

Provenance

Provenience	Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1928-0575.b1-217
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 217

[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 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
2024-01-16 at 15:50:40	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
2015-01-22 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wagensonner, Klaus	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006700 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472955.

CDLI Seals 006700 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472955). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472955 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006700 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472955 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006700 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472955.

CDLI Seals 006700 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472955). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472955 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006700 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472955 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P472955},
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