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CDLI Seals 008175 (physical) (P474952)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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 089395

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Material(s)

Mineral > Hematite

Language(s)

Measurements

26.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

Text

object seal
surface a
(no linguistic content)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:
physical
Material: Mineral > Hematite
Measurements (mm): 26.0 high × 13.0 wide
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.: S008175
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
physical

Text Information

Genre(s):
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: WAS 3, 228

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 089395
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced:
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Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-07-10 at 06:06:07	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Image annotation	Bampfield, Lara		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-02-04 at 15:36:00	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-12-14 at 14:30:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-29 at 09:58:03	Dahl, Jacob L.	Image annotation	Bampfield, Lara		Dahl, Jacob L.	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-09-05 at 10:19:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2015-01-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wagensonner, Klaus		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

British Museum Collection (W_1843-1114-6) (W_1843-1114-6)

Seal impressions

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

Impression	Provenience	Period	Date

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 008175 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P474952.

CDLI Seals 008175 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474952). (2023, December 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P474952 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 008175 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P474952 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 008175 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P474952.

CDLI Seals 008175 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474952). (2023, December 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P474952 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 008175 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P474952 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {dec 14},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 008175 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P474952},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P474952},
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