CDLI Seals 024337 (physical) (P546900)

Stamp seal excavated in Karkemish (mod. Djerabis), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1913-0659.3

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Karkemish (mod. Djerabis)

Material(s)

Faience

Language(s)

Measurements

12.0 mm × 8.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced
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	P546900 P529143 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P546900

Physical information

Artifact type	Stamp seal
Dimensions	12.0 mm × 8.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Faience
Preservation
Seal Number	S024337

Provenance

Provenience	Karkemish (mod. Djerabis) Deve Huyuk (place of excavation)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1913-0659.3
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. III, 92

[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: Deve Hüyük, 495

[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
2024-01-21 at 11:58:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 024337 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P546900.

CDLI Seals 024337 (physical) artifact entry (No. P546900). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P546900 (Original work published 2024)

CDLI Seals 024337 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P546900 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 024337 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P546900.

CDLI Seals 024337 (physical) artifact entry (No. P546900). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P546900 (Original work published 2024)

CDLI Seals 024337 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P546900 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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