CDLI Seals 020279 (physical) (P541164)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16877

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Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

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Metamorphic rock > Marble

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Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    Cylinder seal. Marble. White. 4 bulls rampant of which 3 have human heads, bearded and horned. On either side a rampant lion. Grotesque figure with himan body, animal's head, (possibly a donkey's head??) conical headdress and pig tail? grasps one lion by the tail. c. 3000BC

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  • Seal no.: S020279
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  • primary: UE 10, 151

    [Legrain1951UE10] Legrain, Léon. 1951. Seal Cylinders. Ur Excavations 10.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 16877
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 07617
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-03 at 18:21:42 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 020279 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P541164.
CDLI Seals 020279 (physical) artifact entry (No. P541164). (2023, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P541164
CDLI Seals 020279 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P541164 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P541164},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P541164},
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