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CDLI Seals 007721 (physical) (P474498)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. Diqdiqqah), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 116796

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Diqdiqqah)

Material(s)

Mineral > Calcite

Language(s)

Measurements

Seal

Text

object seal
surface a
(no linguistic content)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Consult word list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:
physical
Material: Mineral > Calcite
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.: S007721
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
physical

Text Information

Genre(s):
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: WAS 2, 256

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 116796
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. Diqdiqqah) Provenience Comments:
found with figurine CBS 15631 (U 1721)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: U 01720
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Dates Referenced:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2023-07-26 at 18:31:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-10-01 at 02:06:26	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI	Approved
2015-01-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wagensonner, Klaus	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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There is no external resource for this artifact yet.

Seal impressions

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

Impression	Provenience	Period	Date

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 007721 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 26, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P474498.

CDLI Seals 007721 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474498). (2023, July 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P474498 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 007721 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P474498 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 007721 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 26, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P474498.

CDLI Seals 007721 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474498). (2023, July 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P474498 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 007721 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P474498 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 26},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 007721 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P474498},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P474498},
}

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