CDLI Seals 006999 (physical) (P473254)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1954-0742

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)

Material(s)

Mineral > Alabaster

Language(s)

Measurements

29.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 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	P473254
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P473254

Physical information

Artifact type	Cylinder seal
Dimensions	29.0 mm × 13.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Mineral > Alabaster
Preservation
Seal Number	S006999

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1954-0742
Accession Number

References

history: Ashm seal cat. I, 574

[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 16:53:59	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
2024-01-25 at 16:42:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-11 at 09:24:37	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 006999 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P473254.

CDLI Seals 006999 (physical) artifact entry (No. P473254). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P473254 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006999 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P473254 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 006999 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P473254.

CDLI Seals 006999 (physical) artifact entry (No. P473254). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P473254 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 006999 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P473254 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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