CDLI Seals 022538 (physical) (P544902)

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
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	P544902
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P544902

Physical information

Artifact type	Cylinder seal
Dimensions	21.0 mm × 13.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Mineral > Goethite
Preservation
Seal Number	S022538

Provenance

Provenience	Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	AT/39/043
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 130653
Accession Number

References

primary: WAS 4, MiE 35

[Collon2016WAS4] Collon, Dominique, and Edith Porada. 2016. Cylinder Seals. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 4. British Museum Press.
history: Alalakh cylinder seals, 94

[Collon1982Alalakh] Collon, Dominique. 1982. The Alalakh Cylinder Seals. BAR International Series 132. Oxford.
history: First Impressions, 271

[Collon2005FirstImpressions] Collon, Dominique. 2005. First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East (2nd Edition). British Museum Press.
history: Principles of composition, no. 592

[Matthews1990PrinciplesComposition] Matthews, Donald M. 1990. Principles of Composition in Near Eastern Glyphic of the Later Second Millennium B.C. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Series Archaeologica 8.
history: Alalakh, pl. 65:97

[Woolley1955Alalakh] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1955. Alalakh: An Account of the Excavations at Tell Atchana in the Hatay, 1937-1949. Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London 18. Oxford University 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
2024-02-18 at 17:03:29	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-09 at 11:22:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-07 at 15:51:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-12-11 at 19:39:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-12-10 at 16:19:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 022538 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P544902.

CDLI Seals 022538 (physical) artifact entry (No. P544902). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P544902 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 022538 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P544902 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).

@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 022538 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P544902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P544902},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P544902
LB  - CDLI:P544902
M1  - 2026/10/7/
TI  - CDLI Seals 022538 (physical) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P544902
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 022538 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P544902.

CDLI Seals 022538 (physical) artifact entry (No. P544902). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P544902 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 022538 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P544902 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).

@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 022538 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P544902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P544902},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P544902
LB  - CDLI:P544902
M1  - 2026/10/7/
TI  - CDLI Seals 022538 (physical) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P544902
ER  -