CDLI Seals 018455 (physical) (P539277)

Administrative Cylinder seal dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 089132

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Material(s)

Mineral > Chalcedony

Language(s)

Measurements

37.0 mm × 17.0 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
PFUT 1673-201 (P542158)	Pārśa (mod. Persepolis)	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)	Darius1.00.00.00

Record

CDLI number	P539277 P520198 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P539277

Physical information

cylinder seal

Artifact type	Cylinder seal cylinder seal
Dimensions	37.0 mm × 17.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Mineral > Chalcedony
Preservation
Seal Number	S018455

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 089132
Accession Number

References

primary: WAS 6, 16

[Merrillees2005WAS6] Merrillees, Parvine H. 2005. Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 6.
history: First Impressions, 558

[Collon2005FirstImpressions] Collon, Dominique. 2005. First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East (2nd Edition). British Museum Press.
history: Forgotten Empire, 221, 398

[ForgottenEmpire2005] Curtis, John B., and Nigel Tallis, eds. 2005. Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia. British Museum Press.
history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 37d

[Frankfort1939CylSeals] Frankfort, Henri. 1939. Cylinder Seals: A Documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East. Macmillan.
history: Pinches Seals, pl. 3:6

[Pinches1885Seals] Pinches, Theophilus G. n.d. “The Babylonian and Assyrian Cylinder-Seals of the British Museum,” Journal of the British Archaeological Association, , no. vol. 41, Issue 4.
history: Weissbach Achämeniden, xxiii, 106-7

[Weissbach1911Achaemeniden] Weissbach, Franz Heinrich. 1911. Die Keilinschriften Der Achämeniden. Leipzig.
history: CSWA, pl. 100

[Wiseman1959CSWA] Wiseman, Donald J. 1959. Cylinder Seals of Western Asia. Batchworth Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-06-14 at 14:36:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-06 at 09:52:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 018455 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P539277.

CDLI Seals 018455 (physical) artifact entry (No. P539277). (2025, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P539277 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 018455 (physical) artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P539277 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 018455 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P539277.

CDLI Seals 018455 (physical) artifact entry (No. P539277). (2025, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P539277 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 018455 (physical) artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P539277 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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