CDLI Seals 020284 (physical) (P541168)

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 16881

Period

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Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

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Measurements

24.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black.
    Scene of worship. Votary led by the hands by minor deity towards seated Nannar. Nannar and minor deity wear flounced kaunakes skirt and low head dress. Votary shaven and shorn wearing long skirt fringed in front. Behind votary a rampant lion between 4 vertical lines, which may represent the doors of a shrine? Attributes: crescent moons one against the other as on the burnt bricks of Sin-Iddinam.

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Steatite
  • Measurements (mm): 24.0 high × 12.0 wide
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  • Seal no.: S020284
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  • primary: UE 10, 376

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 16881
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 07894
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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 020284 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P541168.
CDLI Seals 020284 (physical) artifact entry (No. P541168). (2023, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P541168
CDLI Seals 020284 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P541168 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
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