CDLI Seals 016571 (physical) (P528559)

Stamp seal and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1889-0253

Period

Provenience

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

Measurements

12.0 mm × 11.0 mm × 9.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced	900 BC - 601 BC
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	P528559
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P528559

Physical information

stamp seal (Low truncated pyramid; horned animal, scorpion above it, spray in front) (material from Ashmolean catalog: steatite)

Artifact type	Stamp seal stamp seal (Low truncated pyramid; horned animal, scorpion above it, spray in front) (material from Ashmolean catalog: steatite)
Dimensions	12.0 mm × 11.0 mm × 9.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Metamorphic rock > Steatite
Preservation
Seal Number	S016571

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1889-0253
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. III, 161

[BuchananMoorey1988seals] Buchanan, Briggs, and P. R. S. Moorey. 1988. The Iron Age Stamp Seals. Catalogue of Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Musuem 3. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-02 at 09:58:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-29 at 18:24:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-29 at 17:58:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2022-02-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016571 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P528559.

CDLI Seals 016571 (physical) artifact entry (No. P528559). (2023, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P528559 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016571 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P528559 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016571 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P528559.

CDLI Seals 016571 (physical) artifact entry (No. P528559). (2023, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P528559 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016571 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P528559 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P528559},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P528559},
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