CDLI Seals 009176 (physical) (P475916)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 122987

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Mineral > Quartz

Language(s)

-

Measurements

25.0 mm × 11.5 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Mineral > Quartz
  • Measurements (mm): 25.0 high × 11.5 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S009176
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

  • Genre(s):
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  • primary: WAS 5, 350

    [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: First Impressions, 373

    [Collon2005FirstImpressions] Collon, Dominique. 2005. First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East (2nd Edition). British Museum Press.

  • history: UE 10, 609

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 122987
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: U 17396
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    from area NH.2, the North Harbour

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-02-20 at 10:58:17 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-04 at 11:35:58 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 009176 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P475916.
CDLI Seals 009176 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475916). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P475916 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 009176 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P475916 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P475916},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P475916},
}


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