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CDLI Seals 007469 (physical) (P474246)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 121547

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Language(s)

-

Measurements

21.0 mm × 11.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
  • Measurements (mm): 21.0 high × 11.0 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S007469
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

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  • primary: WAS 2, 004

    [Collon1982WAS2] Collon, Dominique. 1982. Akkadian, Post Akkadian, Ur III Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, II.

  • history: First Impressions, 96

    [Collon2005FirstImpressions] Collon, Dominique. 2005. First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East (2nd Edition). British Museum Press.

  • history: UE 2, no. 310

    [Woolley1934UE2] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1934. The Royal Cemetery: A Report on the Predynastic and Sargonic Graves Excavated between 1926 and 1931. Ur Excavations, vol. 2.

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  • Museum No.: BM 121547
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 09693
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-02-02 at 10:41:11 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-28 at 13:50:03 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-28 at 11:53:59 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-26 at 18:31:04 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2015-01-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View

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This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 007469 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P474246.
CDLI Seals 007469 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474246). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P474246 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 007469 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P474246 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {CDLI {Seals} 007469 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P474246},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P474246},
}


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