CDLI Seals 006871 (physical) (P473126)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1914-0095

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 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/P473126

Physical information

physical

Artifact type Cylinder seal
physical
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Metamorphic rock > Steatite
Preservation
Seal Number S006871

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number Ashm 1914-0095
Accession Number

References

  • primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 433

    [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 15:50:40 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-15 at 13:32:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-02 at 12:08:43 Willighagen, Lars Image annotation Dahl, Jacob L. Willighagen, Lars Approved View
2024-04-30 at 13:39:37 Dahl, Jacob L. Image annotation Dahl, Jacob L. Dahl, Jacob L. Approved View
2023-07-20 at 10:14:24 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2018-07-03 at 11:47:14 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard 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 006871 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P473126.
CDLI Seals 006871 (physical) artifact entry (No. P473126). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P473126 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 006871 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P473126 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006871 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P473126.
CDLI Seals 006871 (physical) artifact entry (No. P473126). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P473126 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 006871 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P473126 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P473126},
}

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