CDLI Seals 020088 (physical) (P540964)

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Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) OIP 72 date of find-spot: ED II or III
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

Record

CDLI number	P540964
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P540964

Physical information

Artifact type	Cylinder seal
Dimensions	26.0 mm × 30.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Bone > Shell
Preservation
Seal Number	S020088

Provenance

Provenience	Tutub (mod. Khafaje)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Kh 04 475
Findspot	L43:10 Oval
Stratigraphic Level	Oval I
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number	OIM A12363
Accession Number

References

primary: OIP 72, pl. 25:256

[Frankfort1955OIP72] Frankfort, Henri, and Thorkild Jacobsen. 1955. Stratified Cylinder Seals from the Diyala Region. Oriental Institute Press 72. University of Chicago Press.
history: First Impressions, 45

[Collon2005FirstImpressions] Collon, Dominique. 2005. First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East (2nd Edition). British Museum Press.
history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 9h

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-02-22 at 14:39:11	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-11-13 at 08:37:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-11-10 at 17:35:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-02 at 14:30:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-01 at 14:16:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 020088 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P540964.

CDLI Seals 020088 (physical) artifact entry (No. P540964). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P540964 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 020088 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P540964 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 020088 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P540964.

CDLI Seals 020088 (physical) artifact entry (No. P540964). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P540964 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 020088 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P540964 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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