CDLI Seals 008885 (physical) (P475625)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130620

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Mineral > Quartz

Language(s)

-

Measurements

19.0 mm × 7.5 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Mineral > Quartz
  • Measurements (mm): 19.0 high × 7.5 wide
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  • Seal no.: S008885
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

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  • primary: WAS 5, 059

    [Collon2001WAS5] Collon, Dominique. 2001. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals 5. British Museum Press.

  • history: Collon Babylonian seals, p. 113, Fig. 7.24

    [Collon2007BabSeals] Collon, Dominique. 2007. “Babylonian Seals.” Edited by Gwendolyn Leick. The Babylonian World, 95–123.

  • history: UE 10, 599

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 130620
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 18357
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-19 at 17:26:09 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-02 at 13:57:56 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-14 at 16:23:51 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-05 at 10:26:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2015-01-27 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 008885 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P475625.
CDLI Seals 008885 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475625). (2024, January 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P475625 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 008885 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P475625 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P475625},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P475625},
}


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