Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Collection(s)
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UKMuseum Number
Ashm 1889-0558bPeriod
Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)Provenience
uncertain (mod. uncertain)Language(s)
-Measurements
20.0 mm × 8.0 mmSeal
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| Period | Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) |
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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 |
P473394
P528545
(retired)
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P473394 |
cylinder seal (row of three animals, apparently in linear outline, each perhaps having two heads on a common body) (material from Ashmolean catalog: steatite-type stone, with perforated knob on top)
| Artifact type | Cylinder seal |
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| Dimensions | 20.0 mm × 8.0 mm |
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| Material(s) | Metamorphic rock > Steatite |
| Preservation | |
| Seal Number | S007139 |
| Provenience | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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| Collection(s) |
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
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| Museum Number | Ashm 1889-0558b |
| Accession Number |
primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 729
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-08-15 at 13:32:36 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-08-15 at 13:20:13 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-08-15 at 13:14:06 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-03-17 at 16:36:27 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-01-11 at 09:06:15 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2015-05-17 at 19:11:52 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2015-01-22 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Wagensonner, Klaus | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
year = {2024},
month = {aug 15},
title = {CDLI {Seals} 007139 (physical) artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P473394},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P473394},
}
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