CDLI Seals 011791 (physical) (P478585)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VA 06935

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Language(s)

Measurements

50.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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	P478585
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P478585

Physical information

physical

Artifact type	Cylinder seal physical
Dimensions	50.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
Preservation
Seal Number	S011791

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VA 06935
Accession Number

References

primary: Vorderasiatische Rollsiegel, 556

[Moortgat1940VR] Moortgat, Anton. 1940. Vorderasiatische Rollsiegel, Ein Beitrag Zur Geschichte Der Steinschneidekunst.
history: First Impressions, 244

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

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
2024-04-08 at 18:09:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-14 at 16:15:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2015-01-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Frayne, Douglas R.; Wagensonner, Klaus	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 011791 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P478585.

CDLI Seals 011791 (physical) artifact entry (No. P478585). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P478585 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 011791 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P478585 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 011791 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P478585.

CDLI Seals 011791 (physical) artifact entry (No. P478585). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P478585 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 011791 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P478585 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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