CDLI Seals 024275 (physical) (P546838)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

FM 156608

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)

Material(s)

Bone > Shell

Language(s)

-

Measurements

15.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal
  • Material: Bone > Shell
  • Measurements (mm): 15.0 high × 13.0 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S024275
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    Two registers, with “eye”-lozenge, spider, and fish in each.

  • Genre(s):
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  • primary: Field Kish Seals, Fig. 11.24b

    [Gibson2023Fieldseals] Gibson, McGuire. 2023. “Catalog of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Collection of the Field Museum.” Edited by Karen L. Wilson and Deborah Bekken. Where Kingship Descended from Heaven: Studies on Ancient Kish, Studies in Ancient Cultures, , no. 1: 261–329.

  • history: Frankfort Cyl. Seals, pl. 8a

    [Frankfort1939CylSeals] Frankfort, Henri. 1939. Cylinder Seals: A Documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East. Macmillan.

  • history: Mackay Jemdet Nasr, p. 285, pl. 73, Fig. 6

    [Mackay1931JemdetNasr] Mackay, Ernest. 1931. “Report on Excavations at Jemdet Nasr, Iraq,” Anthropology Memoirs, vol. 1 no. 3, , 219–303.

  • history: Secrets of Dark Mound, Fig. 6.4

    [Matthews2002DarkMound] Matthews, Roger J. 2002. Secrets of the Dark Mound: Jemdet Nasr 1926-1928. Aris & Phillips for British School of Archaeology in Iraq.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: FM 156608
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-03-22 at 11:00:52 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-03-19 at 09:08:24 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-03-18 at 16:13:41 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-03-18 at 16:12:10 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-18 at 19:54:07 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 024275 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P546838.
CDLI Seals 024275 (physical) artifact entry (No. P546838). (2024, March 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P546838 (Original work published 2024)
CDLI Seals 024275 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P546838 (Accessed: November 22, 2025).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Seals 024275 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P546838.
CDLI Seals 024275 (physical) artifact entry (No. P546838). (2024, March 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P546838 (Original work published 2024)
CDLI Seals 024275 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P546838 (Accessed: November 22, 2025).
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