CDLI Seals 006359 (physical) (P226634)
Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XMLMuseum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 089851Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
uncertain (mod. uncertain)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
17.0 mm × 30.0 mmSeal
surface a
column 1
1. {d}za-ar-da-mu
2. {d}utu ma-ti-szu
3. na-ra-am
4. {d}nergal
5. i-li-szu
6. an-nu-ni-tum
7. um-ma-szu
8. {d}szul#-pa#-e3 x-ti-x-AN#-szu#
column 2
1. x-[...]
2. x-[...]-szu# _en sig-nun_ a-li-ik i-mi-ti-szu
3. x-{d}utu
4. _dumu_-si-szu#?
5. _lugal_ da-num
6. _lugal_ GA-har
7. u _lugal_
8. ki-ib-ra-tim ar-ba-im
9. _dam_ {d}inanna
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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Artifact type:
Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:
physical
- Material: Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
- Measurements (mm): 17.0 high × 30.0 wide
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- Seal no.: S006359
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Seal information:
goddess wearing a flounced robe and a multiple horned head-dress, with weapons rising from her shoulders, stands with one hand raised. Before her stands the bearded and kilted deified, victorious king who holds a multiple mace and rests the other hand on
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Artifact comments:
physical
- Genre(s):
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: RIME 3/2, .05.02.01, ex. 01
[Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods, vol. 3/2. University of Toronto Press.
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history: WAS 2, 472
[Collon1982WAS2] Collon, Dominique. 1982. Akkadian, Post Akkadian, Ur III Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, II.
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citation: Fs Owen p.143-158, p. 152-156
[Such-Gutiérrez2010Königsinschriften] Such-Gutiérrez, Marcos. 2010. “Die Königsinschriften Des III. Jahrtausends Im British Museum. Ein Erster Bericht Und Fünf Neue Texte.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 143–58. Bethesda: CDL Press.
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- Museum No.: BM 089851
- Accession No.: 1895-10-22, 0003a
- Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Zardamu.00.00.00
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- Accounting Period: 0
Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2024-02-29 at 19:30:47 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved | ||
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved | |
2023-07-26 at 18:31:04 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved | ||
2015-04-20 at 18:15:38 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | British Museum | CDLI | approved | ||
2003-08-19 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Johnson, J. Cale | CDLI | approved |
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1022-3)
This artifact is a physical seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):
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