CDLI Seals 000565 (composite) (P430659)

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

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Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Material(s)

Stone

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Seal

object seal
surface a
column 1
1. ur-{d}li9-si4
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. szesz-kal-la
column 2
1. dub-sar
2. dumu na-silim
3. ARAD2-zu

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

    composite

  • Material: Stone
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  • Seal no.: S000565
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  • Artifact comments:

    composite

  • primary: CUSAS 7, 798C

    [MayrCUSAS7] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2025. The Seal Impressions of the Garšana and the Umma Archives.

  • history: Mayr, PhD diss, 650.1

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

  • history: Mayr SITU, 0797A

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

  • history: Tsouparoloulou diss., 358b

    [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.

  • history: HSAO 16, 338b

    [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.

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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-19 at 12:56:47 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
2023-07-18 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
2023-05-13 at 06:57:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-10-31 at 10:51:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-30 at 08:33:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-28 at 18:24:29 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 seal. See below of a list of its impression(s):

Impression Provenience Period Date
AAICAB 1/2, pl. 111, 1937-093 (P248704) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.40.00.00 (us2 year)
Aleppo 065 (P100397) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.40.00.00 (us2 year)
BPOA 01, 0440 (P339098) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.35.02.00 (us2 year)
BPOA 01, 1625 (P340280) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.34.00.00
BPOA 01, 1648 (P340303) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.35.12.00 (us2 year) ?
BPOA 01, 1678 (P340333) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.34.11.00
NBC 04350 (P293642) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.39.00.00
Nisaba 09, 122 (P208564) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.40.06.00 (us2 year)
Ontario 2, 372 (P209579) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.39.01.00
PhD thesis p.408 (P312858) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.40.05.00 (us2 year) ?
Syracuse 230 (P130781) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.39.00.00
ViOr 8/1, 072 (P142014) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.40.05.00 (us2 year)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

same seal owner as S004115, S005091 & S005488

Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 000565 (Composite) Artifact Entry.” (2012) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430659.
CDLI Seals 000565 (composite) artifact entry (No. P430659). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430659 (Original work published 2012)
CDLI Seals 000565 (composite) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430659 (Accessed: January 13, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430659},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P430659},
}


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