CDLI Seals 008599 (physical) (P475376)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 123202

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Mineral > Gypsum

Language(s)

-

Measurements

30.5 mm × 11.5 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Mineral > Gypsum
  • Measurements (mm): 30.5 high × 11.5 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S008599
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    burgul seal

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  • primary: WAS 3, 653

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

  • history: Engraved on stone, pl. 24, no. 423

    [Feingold2014OBSeals] Feingold, Rony. 2014. Engraved on Stone: Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals and Seal Inscriptions in the Old Babylonian Period. Gorgias Press.

  • history: UE 10, 450

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 123202
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 17607
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-06 at 14:17:57 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-17 at 08:55:14 Firth, Richard Artifact 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 008599 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P475376.
CDLI Seals 008599 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475376). (2023, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P475376 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 008599 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P475376 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {dec 17},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 008599 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P475376},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P475376},
}


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