CDLI Seals 009219 (physical) (P475959)

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Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC) Proto-Achaemenid according to Merrillees. According to Collon, could be Late Babylonian
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Seal impressions

This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):

Impression	Provenience	Period	Date

Record

CDLI number	P475959
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P475959

Physical information

physical

Artifact type	Cylinder seal physical
Dimensions	37.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Mineral > Sardonyx
Preservation
Seal Number	S009219

Provenance

Provenience	Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot	South East Palace
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 089324
Accession Number

References

primary: WAS 6, 31

[Merrillees2005WAS6] Merrillees, Parvine H. 2005. Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 6.
history: WAS 5, 393

[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, 418

[Collon2005FirstImpressions] Collon, Dominique. 2005. First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East (2nd Edition). British Museum Press.
history: Forgotten Empire, 160, 208

[ForgottenEmpire2005] Curtis, John B., and Nigel Tallis, eds. 2005. Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia. British Museum Press.
history: Layard, Discoveries, 607

[Layard1853Discoveries] Layard, Austen Henry. 1853. Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-02-20 at 10:58:17	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-12-10 at 08:27:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-06 at 18:21:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-05 at 13:29:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-05 at 10:26:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2015-01-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wagensonner, Klaus	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 009219 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P475959.

CDLI Seals 009219 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475959). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P475959 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 009219 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P475959 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 009219 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P475959.

CDLI Seals 009219 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475959). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P475959 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 009219 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P475959 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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