CDLI Seals 007373 (physical) (P473628)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1913-0337

Period

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

Provenience

Karkemish (mod. Djerabis)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

Measurements

22.0 mm × 8.0 mm

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	P473628
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P473628

Physical information

Artifact type	Cylinder seal
Dimensions	22.0 mm × 8.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Metamorphic rock > Steatite
Preservation
Seal Number	S007373

Provenance

Provenience	Karkemish (mod. Djerabis) Deve Huyuk
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot	with cremation burial
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1913-0337
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 1024

[Buchanan1966catalogue1] Buchanan, Briggs. 1966. Cylinder Seals. Vol. 1. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford : Clarendon Press.
history: Hittite Seals, 240

[Hogarth1920Hittiteseals] Hogarth, D. G. 1920. Hittite Seals - with Particular Reference to the Ashmolean Collection. Oxford.
history: Deve Hüyük, 450

[Moorey1980DeveHuyuk] Moorey, P. R. S. 1980. Cemeteries of the First Millennium B.C. at Deve Hüyük, near Carchemish, Salvaged by T. E. Lawrence and C. L. Woolley in 1913: With a Catalogue Raisonné of the Objects in Berlin, Cambridge, Liverpool, London and Oxford. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 87. Oxford.

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
2024-01-22 at 10:28:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-21 at 09:18:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-11 at 09:06:15	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 007373 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P473628.

CDLI Seals 007373 (physical) artifact entry (No. P473628). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P473628 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 007373 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P473628 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 007373 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P473628.

CDLI Seals 007373 (physical) artifact entry (No. P473628). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P473628 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 007373 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P473628 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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