CDLI Seals 009227 (physical) (P475967)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 102406

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

31.0 mm × 10.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

Text

object seal
surface a
1. ana {d}nin-garza-mesz! _nin-szu2?_
2. {disz}u-erin2-tah2 a {disz}szam-szi-u
3. ana _ti-szu2_

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Seal impressions

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

Impression Provenience Period Date

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P475967

Physical information

physical

Artifact type Cylinder seal
physical
Dimensions 31.0 mm × 10.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
Preservation (Surface: Fair)
Seal Number S009227

Provenance

Provenience Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Purchased from Panayotis Kyticas in 1906.
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 102406
Accession Number 1906-10-13, 0001

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.102406
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1906-1013-2 + W_1906-1013-1

References

  • primary: RIMA 3, 0.104.010, ex. 13

    [Grayson1996RIMA3] Grayson, A. Kirk. 1996. Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, Vol. II (858-745 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Assyrian Periods, vol. 3. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: WAS 5, 401

    [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: AR RIM 05 (pp. 11-30), 37

    [Galter1987ARRIM5] Galter, Hannes D. 1987. “On Beads and Curses.” Annual Review of the Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Project 5: 11–30.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-07-18 at 14:11:25 Cross, Aidan Artifact metadata Cross, Aidan Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-10-13 at 13:50:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-03 at 13:48:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-31 at 10:48:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-02-21 at 09:53:15 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-01-04 at 14:19:13 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-09-05 at 10:26:24 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-01-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 009227 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P475967.
CDLI Seals 009227 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475967). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P475967 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 009227 (physical) artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P475967 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 009227 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P475967.
CDLI Seals 009227 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475967). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P475967 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 009227 (physical) artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P475967 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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