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
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 121552Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Language(s)
-Measurements
-Seal
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| Language(s) |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):
| Impression | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI number | P474658 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P474658 |
physical
| Artifact type |
Cylinder seal physical
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| Dimensions | |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Mineral > Calcite |
| Preservation | |
| Seal Number | S007881 |
| Provenience | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
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| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | U 07898 ? |
| Findspot | |
| Stratigraphic Level | |
| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 121552 |
| Accession Number | 1928-10-10, 0243 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1928-1010-243 |
primary: WAS 2, 416
history: UE 10, 358
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2026-03-08 at 08:53:02 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2023-07-26 at 18:31:04 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2016-03-31 at 11:28:55 | Firth, Richard | Transliteration | Firth, Richard | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2015-01-26 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Wagensonner, Klaus | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2026CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
year = {2026},
month = {mar 8},
title = {CDLI {Seals} 007881 (physical) artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P474658},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P474658},
}
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