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CDLI Seals 007544 (physical) (P474321)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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 089316

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

-

Measurements

33.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Stone
  • Measurements (mm): 33.0 high × 21.0 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S007544
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

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  • primary: WAS 2, 079

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

  • history: 7000 years seals (pp. 11-30), 09

    [Collon1997;7000yrs] Collon, Dominique. 1997. “Ancient Near Eastern Seals.” In 7000 Years of Seals, edited by Dominique Collon, 11–30. London: British Museum Press.

  • history: First Impressions, 99

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

  • history: Layard, Discoveries, 605

    [Layard1853Discoveries] Layard, Austen Henry. 1853. Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 089316
  • Accession No.:

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 14:07:17 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 007544 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P474321.
CDLI Seals 007544 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474321). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P474321 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 007544 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P474321 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 007544 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P474321},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P474321},
}


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