CDLI Seals 008596 (physical) (P475373)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 118697

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Mineral > Chlorite

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

18.5 mm × 11.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Mineral > Chlorite
  • Measurements (mm): 18.5 high × 11.0 wide
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S008596
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    burgul seal; perforated

  • primary: WAS 3, 650

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

  • history: UE 10, 446

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 118697
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: U 06483
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  • Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) [uncertain]
  • Period Comments:

    WAS III p. 218: may date back to preceeding Ur III period

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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-11-27 at 17:11:58 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-27 at 17:09:20 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-08-12 at 19:09:49 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 008596 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 27, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P475373.
CDLI Seals 008596 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475373). (2023, November 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P475373 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 008596 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P475373 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {nov 27},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 008596 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P475373},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P475373},
}


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