CDLI Seals 018848 (physical) (P539399)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 089629

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)

Material(s)

Sedimentary rock > Limestone

Language(s)

-

Measurements

22.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    Mitannian

  • Material: Sedimentary rock > Limestone
  • Measurements (mm): 22.0 high × 12.0 wide
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S018848
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    hunting

  • Genre(s):
  • Language(s):

  • primary: WAS 4, MiE 18

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 089629
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  • Provenience: Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
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  • Findspot Comments:

    South East Palace

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-18 at 17:03:29 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-02-18 at 16:30:42 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-12 at 11:25:38 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-11 at 15:52:36 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-10 at 08:27:08 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-30 at 09:28:09 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-09-11 at 09:11:30 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 018848 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P539399.
CDLI Seals 018848 (physical) artifact entry (No. P539399). (2024, February 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P539399 (Original work published 2023)
CDLI Seals 018848 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P539399 (Accessed: July 6, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P539399},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P539399},
}


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