CDLI Seals 016378 (physical) (P529226)

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Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Pre-Writing (ca. 8500-3500 BC)
Dates Referenced	4000 BC - 3000 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	P529226
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P529226

Physical information

stamp seal (High oval hemispheroid; two horned animal heads on one side of common body (material from Ashmolean catalog: dark mottled, red-brown serpentine)

Artifact type	Stamp seal stamp seal (High oval hemispheroid; two horned animal heads on one side of common body (material from Ashmolean catalog: dark mottled, red-brown serpentine)
Dimensions	17.0 mm × 16.0 mm × 9.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Mineral > Serpentine
Preservation
Seal Number	S016378

Provenance

Provenience	Nagar (mod. Tell Brak)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	G 0165
Findspot	G165, Syria
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1939-0181
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. 2, 142

[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
2024-01-19 at 14:49:16	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 016378 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P529226.

CDLI Seals 016378 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529226). (2024, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529226 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016378 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529226 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016378 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P529226.

CDLI Seals 016378 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529226). (2024, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529226 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016378 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529226 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).

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