CDLI Seals 022695 (physical) (P545047)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 123195

Period

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Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Clay > Ceramic

Language(s)

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Measurements

33.5 mm × 20.4 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

object seal
surface a
  (no linguistic content)

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  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal
  • Material: Clay > Ceramic
  • Measurements (mm): 33.5 high × 20.4 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S022695
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  • Artifact comments:

    Cylinder seal. Clay. Half standing figure holding bow shaped axe in one hand [and sistrum in other has been crossed out]; standing figure with snake (?) in one hand and sistrum in other, circular cable above head; half seated figure holdling 3 spouted water pot (?); broken.

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  • primary: WAS 4, E.Ur 3

    [Collon2016WAS4] Collon, Dominique, and Edith Porada. 2016. Cylinder Seals. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 4. British Museum Press.

  • history: First Impressions, 61

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

  • history: UE 10, 542

    [Legrain1951UE10] Legrain, Léon. 1951. Seal Cylinders. Ur Excavations 10.

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  • Museum No.: BM 123195
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 17744
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-03-31 at 14:35:59 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-02-18 at 17:03:29 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-12-13 at 19:48:59 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-12-12 at 19:53:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View

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

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 022695 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P545047.
CDLI Seals 022695 (physical) artifact entry (No. P545047). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P545047 (Original work published 2023)
CDLI Seals 022695 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P545047 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Seals 022695 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P545047.
CDLI Seals 022695 (physical) artifact entry (No. P545047). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P545047 (Original work published 2023)
CDLI Seals 022695 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P545047 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {CDLI {Seals} 022695 (physical) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P545047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P545047},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P545047
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M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - CDLI Seals 022695 (physical) artifact entry
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