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CDLI Seals 022643 (physical) (P544995)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 089625

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)

Material(s)

Sedimentary rock > Limestone

Language(s)

Measurements

43.4 mm × 17.5 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

Text

object seal
surface a
(no linguistic content)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Cylinder seal
Material: Sedimentary rock > Limestone
Measurements (mm): 43.4 high × 17.5 wide
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.: S022643
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

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Genre(s):
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Related publications

primary: WAS 4, MA 5

[Collon2016WAS4] Collon, Dominique, and Edith Porada. 2016. Cylinder Seals. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 4. British Museum Press.
history: Principles of composition, no. 412

[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: CSWA, pl. 55

[Wiseman1959CSWA] Wiseman, Donald J. 1959. Cylinder Seals of Western Asia. Batchworth Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 089625
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
South East palace

Chronology

Period: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-02-18 at 17:03:29	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2023-12-13 at 09:02:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2023-12-12 at 15:39:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved

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Seal impressions

This artifact is a %s seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):

Impression	Provenience	Period	Date

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 022643 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 13, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P544995.

CDLI Seals 022643 (physical) artifact entry (No. P544995). (2023, December 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P544995 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 022643 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P544995 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 022643 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 13, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P544995.

CDLI Seals 022643 (physical) artifact entry (No. P544995). (2023, December 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P544995 (Original work published 2023)

CDLI Seals 022643 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P544995 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P544995},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P544995},
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