CDLI Seals 018842 (physical) (P539393)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130651

Period

Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Provenience

Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana)

Material(s)

Mineral > Chlorite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

22.5 mm × 11.5 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

Text

object seal
surface a
  (no linguistic content)

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
Collon Period IVf
Accounting Period

Seal impressions

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

Impression Provenience Period Date

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P539393

Physical information

cylinder seal; wrestling

Artifact type Cylinder seal
cylinder seal
Dimensions 22.5 mm × 11.5 mm
Weight
Material(s) Mineral > Chlorite
Preservation
Seal Number S018842

Provenance

Provenience Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number AT/39/184
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 130651
Accession Number

References

  • primary: WAS 4, CLS 58

    [Collon2016WAS4] Collon, Dominique, and Edith Porada. 2016. Cylinder Seals. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 4. British Museum Press.

  • history: Alalakh cylinder seals, 23

    [Collon1982Alalakh] Collon, Dominique. 1982. The Alalakh Cylinder Seals. BAR International Series 132. Oxford.

  • history: First Impressions, 704

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

  • history: Alalakh, pl. 61:17

    [Woolley1955Alalakh] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1955. Alalakh: An Account of the Excavations at Tell Atchana in the Hatay, 1937-1949. Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London 18. Oxford University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-02-07 at 09:04:06 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-01-09 at 11:22:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-01-07 at 15:51:29 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-12-15 at 15:01:13 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 18:57:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 018842 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P539393.
CDLI Seals 018842 (physical) artifact entry (No. P539393). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P539393 (Original work published 2023)
CDLI Seals 018842 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P539393 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 018842 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P539393.
CDLI Seals 018842 (physical) artifact entry (No. P539393). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P539393 (Original work published 2023)
CDLI Seals 018842 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P539393 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).
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