CDLI Seals 020256 (physical) (P541130)
Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 16306Period
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Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Language(s)
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24.0 mmSeal
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Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:
Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Shamash with horned mitre and notched sword in hand steps on a crouching bull
a worshipper brings a kid as an offering. The god Martu with a short club in hand, short garment and a round woolen turban is followed by a worshipper with clasped hands, and a servant. Two small figures - a bifrons with clasped hands and a nude servant with libation cone in hand. About BC 1900. E. - Material: Mineral > Hematite
- Measurements (mm): 24.0 high
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- Seal no.: S020256
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primary: UE 10, 475
[Legrain1951UE10] Legrain, Léon. 1951. Seal Cylinders. Ur Excavations 10.
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- Museum No.: CBS 16306
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Excavation No: U 06255
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-10-03 at 18:21:42 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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@misc{2023CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-30]},
year = {2023},
month = {oct 3},
title = {CDLI {Seals} 020256 (physical) artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P541130},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P541130},
}
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