CDLI Seals 016429 (physical) (P529259)

Stamp seal and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1941-0690

Period

Provenience

Material(s)

Mineral > Chalcocite

Language(s)

Measurements

16.0 mm × 10.0 mm × 2.0 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	P529259
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P529259

Physical information

stamp seal (Tabloid; galloping bearded sphinx, wide-spread rear wing, front wing erect, creature (material from Ashmolean catalog: cuprous sulphide)

Artifact type	Stamp seal stamp seal (Tabloid; galloping bearded sphinx, wide-spread rear wing, front wing erect, creature (material from Ashmolean catalog: cuprous sulphide)
Dimensions	16.0 mm × 10.0 mm × 2.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Mineral > Chalcocite
Preservation
Seal Number	S016429

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1941-0690
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. III, 528

[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 016429 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P529259.

CDLI Seals 016429 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529259). (2023, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529259 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016429 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529259 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016429 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P529259.

CDLI Seals 016429 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529259). (2023, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529259 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016429 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529259 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P529259},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P529259},
}

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