CDLI Seals 000475 (composite) (P430571)

Administrative seal (not impression) excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period

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Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Seal Composite

object seal
surface a
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. ur-mes
2. dub-sar
3. dumu gu3-de2-a
4. ARAD2-zu

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Seal (not impression) Artifact type comments:

    composite

  • Material: Stone
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  • Seal no.: S000475
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  • Artifact comments:

    composite

  • primary: HSAO 16, 468

    [Tsouparopoulou2015HSAO16] Tsouparopoulou, Christina. 2015. The Ur III Seals Impressed on Documents from Puzriš-Dagān (Drehem). Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient, Band 16. Heidelberg: Heidelberger Orientverlag.

  • history: QNAR 1, BM 85582

    [Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

  • history: RIME 3/2, .01.02.xadd2127

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: Mayr, PhD diss, 796

    [Mayr1997diss] Mayr, Rudolf H. 1997. “The Seal Impressions of Ur III Umma.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.

  • history: Mayr SITU, 0978

    [Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

  • history: Tsouparoloulou diss., 475

    [Tsouparoloulou2008diss] Tsouparopoulou, Christina. 2008. “The Material Face of Bureaucracy: Writing, Sealing and Archiving Tablets for the Ur III State at Drehem.” Phdthesis, University of Cambridge.

  • Composite No.: Q004344
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-13 at 18:47:17 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-13 at 08:26:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-18 at 18:35:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-18 at 10:01:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-18 at 08:21:01 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-01 at 20:47:06 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-28 at 18:38:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-06-20 at 18:11:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-06-18 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R. CDLI approved View

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This artifact is a composite text. View the score of CDLI Seals 000475 (composite). See below for a list of its witness(es):

Witness Period Provenience

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

Impression Provenience Period Date
Nisaba 08, 013 (P320492) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.42.11.00 (Reichskalender)
SAT 2, 0637 (P143837) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) --.--.00.00

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 000475 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2012) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430571.
CDLI Seals 000475 (composite) artifact entry (No. P430571). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430571 (Original work published 2012)
CDLI Seals 000475 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430571 (Accessed: January 22, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430571},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430571},
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