CDLI Seals 016564 (physical) (P529068)

Stamp seal excavated in Karkemish (mod. Djerabis), and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1913-0652.2

Period

Provenience

Karkemish (mod. Djerabis)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

Measurements

16.0 mm × 11.0 mm × 7.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced	600 BC - 400 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	P529068
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P529068

Physical information

stamp seal (Scarab) (material from Ashmolean catalog: greenish-blue glazed steatite)

Artifact type	Stamp seal stamp seal (Scarab) (material from Ashmolean catalog: greenish-blue glazed steatite)
Dimensions	16.0 mm × 11.0 mm × 7.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Metamorphic rock > Steatite
Preservation
Seal Number	S016564

Provenance

Provenience	Karkemish (mod. Djerabis) Guneydogu Anadolu Bolgesi, Turkey
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1913-0652.2
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. III, 90

[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.
history: Hittite Seals, 290

[Hogarth1920Hittiteseals] Hogarth, D. G. 1920. Hittite Seals - with Particular Reference to the Ashmolean Collection. Oxford.
history: Deve Hüyük, 492

[Moorey1980DeveHuyuk] Moorey, P. R. S. 1980. Cemeteries of the First Millennium B.C. at Deve Hüyük, near Carchemish, Salvaged by T. E. Lawrence and C. L. Woolley in 1913: With a Catalogue Raisonné of the Objects in Berlin, Cambridge, Liverpool, London and Oxford. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 87. Oxford.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-15 at 15:50:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-22 at 10:28:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-02 at 13:23:20	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 016564 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P529068.

CDLI Seals 016564 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529068). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529068 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016564 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529068 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016564 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P529068.

CDLI Seals 016564 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529068). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529068 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016564 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529068 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).

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