CDLI Seals 007881 (physical) (P474658)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 121552

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Mineral > Calcite

Language(s)

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Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Mineral > Calcite
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S007881
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

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  • primary: WAS 2, 416

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

  • history: UE 10, 358

    [Legrain1951UE10] Legrain, Léon. 1951. Seal Cylinders. Ur Excavations 10.

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  • Museum No.: BM 121552
  • Accession No.: 1928-10-10, 0243

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 07898 ?
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-07-26 at 18:31:04 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2016-03-31 at 11:28:55 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI 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 007881 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 26, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P474658.
CDLI Seals 007881 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474658). (2023, July 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P474658 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 007881 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P474658 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 26},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 007881 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P474658},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P474658},
}


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