Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 119321Provenience
Uruk (mod. Warka)Language(s)
-Measurements
41.0 mm × 16.0 mmSeal
| Genre(s) | |
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| Language(s) |
| Period | Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):
| Impression | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI number | P511714 |
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| Permalink | https://cdli.network/entity/P511714 |
physical
| Artifact type |
Cylinder seal physical
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| Dimensions | 41.0 mm × 16.0 mm |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Metal > Lead |
| Preservation | |
| Seal Number | S013181 |
| Provenience | Uruk (mod. Warka) [uncertain] |
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| Written In | |
| Excavation Number | |
| Findspot |
see Stiehler-Alegria Delgado, 1996: 182
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| Stratigraphic Level | |
| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 119321 |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1928-0211-24 |
primary: WAS 4, 1K 17
citation: Principles of composition, p. 80, 86
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-07-16 at 11:55:14 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Image annotation | Bampfield, Lara | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2018-07-11 at 03:23:00 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Transliteration | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2018-07-07 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2023CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-28]},
year = {2023},
month = {sep 11},
title = {CDLI {Seals} 013181 (physical) artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P511714},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P511714},
}
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