CDLI Seals 023960 (physical) (P546323)

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 1948-0563

Period

-

Provenience

Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

22.5 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/P546323

Physical information

Artifact type Cylinder seal
Dimensions 22.5 mm × 10.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Metamorphic rock > Steatite
Preservation
Seal Number S023960

Provenance

Provenience Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number AT/39/049
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number Ashm 1948-0563
Accession Number

References

  • primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 1016

    [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, 97

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

  • history: First Impressions, 306

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

  • history: Alalakh, pl. 65:112

    [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
2024-10-04 at 13:07:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-15 at 16:53:59 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 023960 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P546323.
CDLI Seals 023960 (physical) artifact entry (No. P546323). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P546323 (Original work published 2024)
CDLI Seals 023960 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P546323 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 023960 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P546323.
CDLI Seals 023960 (physical) artifact entry (No. P546323). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P546323 (Original work published 2024)
CDLI Seals 023960 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P546323 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
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