CDLI Seals 016686 (physical) (P529114)

Stamp seal excavated in Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana), and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1939-0398

Period

Provenience

Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana)

Material(s)

Glass

Language(s)

Measurements

16.0 mm × 5.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced	1200 BC - 600 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	P529114
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P529114

Physical information

stamp seal (Low round sloping ridge) (material from Ashmolean catalog: glass, stone, composition)

Artifact type	Stamp seal stamp seal (Low round sloping ridge) (material from Ashmolean catalog: glass, stone, composition)
Dimensions	16.0 mm × 5.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Glass
Preservation
Seal Number	S016686

Provenance

Provenience	Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana) no number, Woolley Excav, Turkey
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1939-0398
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. III, 5

[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 16:46:35	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 016686 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P529114.

CDLI Seals 016686 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529114). (2023, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529114 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016686 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529114 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016686 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P529114.

CDLI Seals 016686 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529114). (2023, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529114 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016686 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529114 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 016686 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P529114},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P529114},
}

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