CDLI Seals 022737 (physical) (P545089)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 134852

Period

Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Material(s)

Mineral > Hematite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

21.4 mm × 10.7 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
Accounting Period

Seal impressions

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

Impression Provenience Period Date

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P545089

Physical information

Artifact type Cylinder seal
Dimensions 21.4 mm × 10.7 mm
Weight
Material(s) Mineral > Hematite
Preservation
Seal Number S022737

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 134852
Accession Number

References

  • primary: WAS 4, CLS 47

    [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, 221

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

  • history: OBO 11, 28

    [Teissier1996OBO11] Teissier, Beatrice. 1996. Egyptian Iconography on Syro-Palestinian Cylinder Seals of the Middle Bronze Age. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Series Archaeologica 11.

Revisions and credits

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
2024-02-07 at 09:04:06 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-12-14 at 08:18:00 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 022737 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P545089.
CDLI Seals 022737 (physical) artifact entry (No. P545089). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P545089 (Original work published 2023)
CDLI Seals 022737 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P545089 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 022737 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P545089.
CDLI Seals 022737 (physical) artifact entry (No. P545089). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P545089 (Original work published 2023)
CDLI Seals 022737 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P545089 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).
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