CDLI Seals 016739 (physical) (P529398)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1889-0555

Period

Provenience

Material(s)

Mineral > Calcite

Language(s)

Measurements

40.0 mm × 25.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced	5900 BC - 3800 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	P529398
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P529398

Physical information

stamp seal (Reclining bovid) and impression (material from Ashmolean catalog: brown banded, greenish calcite)

Artifact type	Stamp seal stamp seal (Reclining bovid) and impression (material from Ashmolean catalog: brown banded, greenish calcite)
Dimensions	40.0 mm × 25.0 mm × 23.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Mineral > Calcite
Preservation
Seal Number	S016739

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1889-0555
Accession Number

References

primary: Ashm seal cat. 2, 217

[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
2024-08-15 at 13:20:13	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 016739 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P529398.

CDLI Seals 016739 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529398). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529398 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016739 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529398 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 016739 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P529398.

CDLI Seals 016739 (physical) artifact entry (No. P529398). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P529398 (Original work published 2022)

CDLI Seals 016739 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P529398 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P529398},
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