CDLI Seals 011969 (physical) (P478763)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VA 06933

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Material(s)

Mineral > Chalcedony

Language(s)

Measurements

33.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 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	P478763
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P478763

Physical information

physical

Artifact type	Cylinder seal physical
Dimensions	33.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Mineral > Chalcedony
Preservation
Seal Number	S011969

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VA 06933
Accession Number

References

primary: Vorderasiatische Rollsiegel, 735

[Moortgat1940VR] Moortgat, Anton. 1940. Vorderasiatische Rollsiegel, Ein Beitrag Zur Geschichte Der Steinschneidekunst.
history: First Impressions, 372

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

given as VA 6938

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 18:15:29	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 011969 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P478763.

CDLI Seals 011969 (physical) artifact entry (No. P478763). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P478763 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 011969 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P478763 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 011969 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P478763.

CDLI Seals 011969 (physical) artifact entry (No. P478763). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P478763 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Seals 011969 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P478763 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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