CDLI Seals 007145 (physical) (P473400)

Administrative seal (not impression) excavated in Nagar (mod. Tell Brak), 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 1938-0081

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

Nagar (mod. Tell Brak)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

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Measurements

24.0 mm × 8.0 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Seal (not impression)
  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Steatite
  • Measurements (mm): 24.0 high × 8.0 wide
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  • Seal no.: S007145
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  • primary: Ashm seal cat. I, 0736

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

  • history: Matthews Tell Brak, 56

    [Matthews1997Brak] Matthews, Donald M. 1997. The Early Glyptic of Tell Brak: Cylinder Seals of Third Millenium Syria. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 15. University Press Fribourg Switzerland.

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  • Museum No.: Ashm 1938-0081
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  • Provenience: Nagar (mod. Tell Brak) Provenience Comments:

    Mallowan bought this seal in the Khabur region

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-15 at 16:26:42 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
2024-01-11 at 09:06:15 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-03 at 10:39:03 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2015-05-17 at 19:11:52 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 007145 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P473400.
CDLI Seals 007145 (physical) artifact entry (No. P473400). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P473400 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 007145 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P473400 (Accessed: March 20, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P473400},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P473400},
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