CDLI Seals 020421 (physical) (P541381)

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

UM 35-01-02

Period

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Sedimentary rock > Limestone

Language(s)

Measurements

Seal

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
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	P541381
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P541381

Physical information

Artifact type	Cylinder seal Cylinder seal. Shell. A hero, and fighting animals. Archaic: very much worn and defaced.
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Sedimentary rock > Limestone
Preservation
Seal Number	S020421

Provenance

Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	U 18923
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	UM 35-01-02
Accession Number

References

primary: UE 10, 135

[Legrain1951UE10] Legrain, Léon. 1951. Seal Cylinders. Ur Excavations 10.
history: UE 4, p. 196

[Woolley1955UE4] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1955. Ur Excavations: The Early Periods. UE 4. http://digital.library.stonybrook.edu/cdm/ref/collection/amar/id/152602.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-04 at 12:28:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-28 at 13:45:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-03 at 18:21:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 020421 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P541381.

CDLI Seals 020421 (physical) artifact entry (No. P541381). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P541381 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 020421 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P541381 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 020421 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P541381.

CDLI Seals 020421 (physical) artifact entry (No. P541381). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P541381 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 020421 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P541381 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P541381},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P541381},
}

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