Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ašnakkum (mod. Chagar Bazar), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 125390Period
ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)Provenience
Ašnakkum (mod. Chagar Bazar)Language(s)
-Measurements
17.0 mm × 10.5 mmSeal Annotation unreviewed
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| Language(s) |
| Period |
ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) Found at Tell Halaf levels
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| Accounting Period |
This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):
| Impression | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI number | P475562 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P475562 |
physical
| Artifact type |
Cylinder seal physical
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| Dimensions | 17.0 mm × 10.5 mm |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Metamorphic rock > Steatite |
| Preservation | |
| Seal Number | S008822 |
| Provenience | Ašnakkum (mod. Chagar Bazar) |
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| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | S 775 |
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 125390 |
| Accession Number |
primary: WAS 1, 29a
history: Iraq 3 (pp. 1-85), p. 11, 29, pl. 1.5, fig, 2
history: Matthews Tell Brak, 518
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-01-30 at 10:39:48 | Firth, Richard | Transliteration | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-12-01 at 16:34:04 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-09-04 at 09:08:50 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2015-01-27 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Wagensonner, Klaus | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2023CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
year = {2023},
month = {dec 1},
title = {CDLI {Seals} 008822 (physical) artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P475562},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P475562},
}
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