CDLI Seals 007489 (physical) (P474266)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 121566d

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli

Language(s)

-

Measurements

35.0 mm × 20.5 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Lapis lazuli
  • Measurements (mm): 35.0 high × 20.5 wide
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S007489
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    engraved with contest scene - bull-man (full-face) in conflict with a lion. Antithetical group consisting of two bearded heroes (full-face) in the centre, who are naked except for a triple belt and who are protecting or are in conflict with, respectively, a human-headed bull (full-face) and a bull. One side has been filed down so that part of the bull-man and one leg of the bull are no longer visible. At the top the perforation is surrounded by a deep groove.

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  • primary: WAS II, 024

    [Collon1982WASII] Collon, Dominique. 1982. Akkadian, Post Akkadian, Ur III Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum, II.

  • history: UE 2, no. 313

    [Woolley1934UE2] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1934. The Royal Cemetery: A Report on the Predynastic and Sargonic Graves Excavated between 1926 and 1931. Ur Excavations, vol. 2.

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  • Museum No.: BM 121566d
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 09813
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  • Findspot Comments:

    PG 703

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-08 at 09:22:51 Firth, Richard artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-26 at 18:31:04 Firth, Richard artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2015-01-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI artifact Frayne, Douglas R.; 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 007489 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474266.
CDLI Seals 007489 (physical) artifact entry (No. P474266). (2023, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474266 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 007489 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P474266 (Accessed: December 1, 2023).
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}


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