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CDLI Seals 016945 (physical) (P537654)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) period and now kept in Newell Collections of Babylonian Seals, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Newell Collections of Babylonian Seals, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NCBS 00669

Period

Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

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Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S016945
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    OIP 22 listed this as a fake (a copy of a Louvre seal), but Buchanan suggests it is genuine

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  • primary: ENES, 135

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • history: Yale Library Gazette 43 (pp. 91-97), pl. 1.1

    [Buchanan1968YLG43] Buchanan, Briggs. 1968. “The Newell Collection of Oriental Seals: An Important Addition to the Yale Babylonian Collection,” Yale Library Gazette, , no. 43: 91–97.

  • history: OIP 22, 669

    [VonderOsten1934OIP22] Von der Osten, Hans H. 1934. Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell. Oriental Institute Publications 22. University of Chicago Press.

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  • Museum No.: NCBS 00669
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-08 at 11:29:29 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-31 at 11:50:25 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-27 at 10:45:27 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-26 at 19:52:05 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-26 at 16:45:37 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-22 at 16:31:50 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-14 at 16:39:37 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View

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This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 016945 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 31, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P537654.
CDLI Seals 016945 (physical) artifact entry (No. P537654). (2023, December 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P537654 (Original work published 2023)
CDLI Seals 016945 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P537654 (Accessed: April 23, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {dec 31},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 016945 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P537654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P537654},
}


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