CDLI Seals 020420 (physical) (P541396)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 35-01-22

Period

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Stone

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	P541396
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P541396

Physical information

Artifact type	Cylinder seal Cylinder seal. Green steatite (?) with copper caps. Two standing gods shaking hands: two men killing a kneeling prisoner: two columns of inscription supported by an animal. Good work.
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Stone
Preservation
Seal Number	S020420

Provenance

Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	U 18919
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	UM 35-01-22
Accession Number

References

primary: UE 10, 244

[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 020420 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P541396.

CDLI Seals 020420 (physical) artifact entry (No. P541396). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P541396 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 020420 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P541396 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 020420 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P541396.

CDLI Seals 020420 (physical) artifact entry (No. P541396). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P541396 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 020420 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P541396 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).

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	month = {oct 4},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P541396},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P541396},
}

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