CDLI Seals 006564 (physical) (P472819)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1926-0547

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)

Material(s)

Sedimentary rock > Limestone

Language(s)

-

Measurements

18.0 mm × 14.0 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Sedimentary rock > Limestone
  • Measurements (mm): 18.0 high × 14.0 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S006564
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    Matthews: Pale brown/cream limestone. Broken and glued together. Hole in
    side. Incised lines up to 0.05 cm deep. Not completely pierced.

  • Genre(s):
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  • primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 53

    [Buchanan1966catalogue1] Buchanan, Briggs. 1966. Cylinder Seals. Vol. 1. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

  • history: Secrets of Dark Mound, Fig. 6.3

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

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  • Museum No.: Ashm 1926-0547
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  • Provenience: uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:

    It is not clear whether this seal was excavated at Kish or Jemdet Nasr. Matthews lists it as Jemdet Nasr.

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-15 at 15:50:40 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-15 at 13:32:36 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-03-18 at 16:10:29 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-18 at 09:42:01 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-11 at 19:11:36 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-20 at 10:14:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2015-05-17 at 19:11:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-01-22 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View

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

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 006564 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472819.
CDLI Seals 006564 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472819). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472819 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 006564 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472819 (Accessed: March 22, 2025).
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	month = {aug 15},
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472819},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472819},
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