CDLI Seals 022316 (physical) (P544665)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Nagar (mod. Tell Brak), and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 126325

Period

Provenience

Nagar (mod. Tell Brak)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

Measurements

23.8 mm × 9.5 mm

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	P544665
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P544665

Physical information

Artifact type	Cylinder seal
Dimensions	23.8 mm × 9.5 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Stone
Preservation
Seal Number	S022316

Provenance

Provenience	Nagar (mod. Tell Brak)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	F 0707
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 126325
Accession Number

References

primary: Matthews Tell Brak, 452

[Matthews1997Brak] Matthews, Donald M. 1997. The Early Glyptic of Tell Brak: Cylinder Seals of Third Millenium Syria. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 15. University Press Fribourg Switzerland.
history: First Impressions, 51

[Collon2005FirstImpressions] Collon, Dominique. 2005. First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East (2nd Edition). British Museum Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-12-01 at 11:28:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-11-30 at 18:52:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 022316 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P544665.

CDLI Seals 022316 (physical) artifact entry (No. P544665). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P544665 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 022316 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P544665 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).

@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 022316 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P544665},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P544665},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P544665
LB  - CDLI:P544665
M1  - 2026/10/7/
TI  - CDLI Seals 022316 (physical) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P544665
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 022316 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P544665.

CDLI Seals 022316 (physical) artifact entry (No. P544665). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P544665 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 022316 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P544665 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).

@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 022316 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P544665},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P544665},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P544665
LB  - CDLI:P544665
M1  - 2026/10/7/
TI  - CDLI Seals 022316 (physical) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P544665
ER  -