CDLI Seals 023956 (physical) (P546319)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana), and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1939-0543

Period

-

Provenience

Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana)

Material(s)

Faience

Language(s)

-

Measurements

24.0 mm × 10.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

Text

object seal
surface a
  (no linguistic content)

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
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/P546319

Physical information

Artifact type Cylinder seal
Dimensions 24.0 mm × 10.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Faience
Preservation
Seal Number S023956

Provenance

Provenience Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number AT/38/191
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number Ashm 1939-0543
Accession Number

References

  • primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 940

    [Buchanan1966catalogue1] Buchanan, Briggs. 1966. Cylinder Seals. Vol. 1. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

  • history: Alalakh cylinder seals, 39

    [Collon1982Alalakh] Collon, Dominique. 1982. The Alalakh Cylinder Seals. BAR International Series 132. Oxford.

  • history: Alalakh, pl. 63:61

    [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 Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-15 at 13:32:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-03-02 at 08:32:00 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-01-09 at 11:22:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-01-07 at 20:04:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 023956 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P546319.
CDLI Seals 023956 (physical) artifact entry (No. P546319). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P546319 (Original work published 2024)
CDLI Seals 023956 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P546319 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 023956 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P546319.
CDLI Seals 023956 (physical) artifact entry (No. P546319). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P546319 (Original work published 2024)
CDLI Seals 023956 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P546319 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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