CDLI Seals 008590 (physical) (P475367)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 121551

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Clay

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Seal Annotation unreviewed

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Seal impressions

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

Impression Provenience Period Date

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P475367

Physical information

physical

Artifact type Cylinder seal
physical
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
roughly incised
Seal Number S008590

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 09645
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 121551
Accession Number

References

  • primary: WAS 3, 644

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

  • history: UE 2, no. 082

    [Woolley1934UE2] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1934. The Royal Cemetery: A Report on the Predynastic and Sargonic Graves Excavated between 1926 and 1931. Ur Excavations, vol. 2.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-06 at 14:17:57 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-05 at 15:35:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-03 at 10:16:17 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-01-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 008590 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 5, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P475367.
CDLI Seals 008590 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475367). (2023, October 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P475367 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 008590 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P475367 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 008590 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 5, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P475367.
CDLI Seals 008590 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475367). (2023, October 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P475367 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 008590 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P475367 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P475367},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P475367},
}

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