CDLI Seals 008002 (physical) (P474779)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 089264

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Mineral > Hematite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

22.5 mm × 12.5 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Mineral > Hematite
  • Measurements (mm): 22.5 high × 12.5 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S008002
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

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  • primary: WAS 3, 054

    [Collon1986WAS3] Collon, Dominique. 1986. Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 3.

  • history: First Impressions, 155

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 089264
  • 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 17:03:53 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-28 at 15:48:08 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-29 at 09:58:03 Dahl, Jacob L. Visual Annotation Bampfield, Lara Dahl, Jacob L. approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-09-05 at 10:19:08 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 008002 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P474779.
CDLI Seals 008002 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474779). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P474779 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 008002 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P474779 (Accessed: June 5, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P474779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P474779},
}


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