CDLI Seals 006662 (physical) (P472917)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1926-0487

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)

Material(s)

Bone > Shell

Language(s)

-

Measurements

29.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Bone > Shell
  • Measurements (mm): 29.0 high × 15.0 wide
  • Weight:
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S006662
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    physical

  • Genre(s):
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  • primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 174

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

  • history: Mackay Kish 2, p. 198, 2567A

    [Mackay1929Kish2] Mackay, Ernest. 1929. “A Sumerian Palace and the ‘A’ Cemetery at, Kish, Mesopotamia: Part 2,” Anthropology Memoirs vol. 1, , 67–215.

    Note 2567A also listed in Field Museum

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Ashm 1926-0487
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: Kish 2567A
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    Mound A

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
2024-01-16 at 09:49:43 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-11 at 19:02:27 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-07-20 at 10:14:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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 006662 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472917.
CDLI Seals 006662 (physical) artifact entry (No. P472917). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472917 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 006662 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472917 (Accessed: March 22, 2025).
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