CDLI Seals 013197 (physical) (P511711)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 089853

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

-

Measurements

36.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Seal

object seal
surface a
1. _{d}dim4-ki-ra-BAD3-na_
2. _ibila-sag {d}kur-gal-ke4_
3. _he2-U4 he2-nun he2-silim_
4. _u4-mesz ti-la he2-diri_
5. _ni3-tuku du10-ga sza3 ni3-bi_
6. _me-me-za {na4}kiszib-ne gar_

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Stone
  • Measurements (mm): 36.0 high × 16.0 wide
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S013197
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

  • Genre(s):
  • Language(s):


  • primary: WAS 4, 1K 7

    [Collon2016WAS4] Collon, Dominique, and Edith Porada. 2016. Cylinder Seals. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 4. British Museum Press.

  • history: First Impressions, 236

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

  • history: Principles of composition, No. 3

    [Matthews1990PrinciplesComposition] Matthews, Donald M. 1990. Principles of Composition in Near Eastern Glyphic of the Later Second Millennium B.C. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Series Archaeologica 8.

  • history: OrNS 23 (pp. 1-39), no. 14

    [vanBuren1954Esoteric] Buren, Elizabeth Douglas van. 1954. “The Esoteric Significance of Kassite Glyptic Art.” Orientalia NS 23.

  • history: Ward, Seal Cylinder, 654

    [Ward1910SealCyl] Ward, William H. 1910. The Seal Cylinders of Western Asia. Carnegie Institute of Washington.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 089853
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-07-11 at 03:23:00 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-07-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View

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

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 013197 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P511711.
CDLI Seals 013197 (physical) artifact entry (No. P511711). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P511711 (Original work published 2018)
CDLI Seals 013197 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P511711 (Accessed: July 1, 2025).
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