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CDLI Seals 005573 (composite) (P478015)

Administrative seal (not impression) excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period

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Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Seal

  • Artifact type: Seal (not impression) Artifact type comments:

    composite

  • Material: Stone
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  • Seal no.: S005573
  • Seal information:

    same seal owner as S003277

  • Artifact comments:

    composite

  • primary: CUSAS 7, 0526C

    [MayrCUSAS7] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2025. The Seal Impressions of the Garšana and the Umma Archives.

  • history: Mayr SITU, SITU 0484C

    [Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

  • history: Tsouparoloulou diss., 169

    [Tsouparoloulou2008diss] Tsouparopoulou, Christina. 2008. “The Material Face of Bureaucracy: Writing, Sealing and Archiving Tablets for the Ur III State at Drehem.” Phdthesis, University of Cambridge.

  • history: HSAO 16, 159

    [Tsouparopoulou2015HSAO16] Tsouparopoulou, Christina. 2015. The Ur III Seals Impressed on Documents from Puzriš-Dagān (Drehem). Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient, Band 16. Heidelberg: Heidelberger Orientverlag.

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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-19 at 12:56:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-13 at 18:47:17 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-13 at 08:26:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-18 at 10:01:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-18 at 08:21:01 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-05-13 at 06:57:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-01-10 at 11:50:36 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2015-01-29 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Impression Provenience Period Date
AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 578 (P330637) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.09.00.27, Amar-Suen.09.00.28
Anonymous 458902 unpublished unassigned ? (P458902) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.09.11.00 (Reichskalender)
BCT 1, 131 (P105233) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.09.08.08 (Reichskalender)
OIM A02699 (P337262) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.09.08.26 (Reichskalender)
UTI 4, 2631 (P140650) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šū-Suen.01.08.00

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

same seal owner as S003277

Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 005573 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P478015.
CDLI Seals 005573 (composite) artifact entry (No. P478015). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P478015 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 005573 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P478015 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 005573 (composite) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P478015},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P478015},
}


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