CDLI Seals 006937 (physical) (P473192)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Photo

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1930-0137.03

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra)

Material(s)

Faience

Language(s)

Measurements

25.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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	P473192
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P473192

Physical information

Artifact type	Cylinder seal
Dimensions	25.0 mm × 12.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Faience
Preservation
Seal Number	S006937

Provenance

Provenience	Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Kish M 080
Findspot	C61
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1930-0137.03
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 508

[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
2025-07-10 at 06:06:07	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Image annotation	Bampfield, Lara	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-08-15 at 13:32:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-16 at 19:07:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-29 at 09:58:03	Dahl, Jacob L.	Image annotation	Bampfield, Lara	Dahl, Jacob L.	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 006937 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P473192.

CDLI Seals 006937 (physical) artifact entry (No. P473192). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P473192 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006937 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P473192 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006937 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P473192.

CDLI Seals 006937 (physical) artifact entry (No. P473192). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P473192 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006937 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P473192 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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