CDLI Seals 015820 (physical) (P528756)

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Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Pre-Writing (ca. 8500-3500 BC)
Dates Referenced	5000 BC - 4000 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	P528756
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P528756

Physical information

stamp seal (Half-almond) (material from Ashmolean catalog: red veined, buff limestone)

Artifact type	Stamp seal stamp seal (Half-almond) (material from Ashmolean catalog: red veined, buff limestone)
Dimensions	43.0 mm × 31.0 mm × 10.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Sedimentary rock > Limestone
Preservation
Seal Number	S015820

Provenance

Provenience	Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra)
Written In
Excavation Number	Kish K 1242
Findspot	from trench C9-6(6)
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1931-0117
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. 2, 198

[Buchanan1984Ashmseals] Buchanan, Briggs. 1984. The Prehistoric Stamp Seals. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum 2. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-02-02 at 10:50:55	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-17 at 10:25:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-30 at 07:57:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-27 at 18:20:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2022-02-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 015820 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P528756.

CDLI Seals 015820 (physical) artifact entry (No. P528756). (2024, January 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P528756 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 015820 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P528756 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 015820 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P528756.

CDLI Seals 015820 (physical) artifact entry (No. P528756). (2024, January 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P528756 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 015820 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P528756 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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