CDLI Seals 008687 (physical) (P475427)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 123200

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Material(s)

Frit

Language(s)

-

Measurements

25.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Seal

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal Artifact type comments:

    physical

  • Material: Frit
  • Measurements (mm): 25.0 high × 17.0 wide
  • Weight:
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S008687
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    Geometric design; upper register: two pots, two fishes. Lower register: crosshatched lines within parallel border.

  • Genre(s):
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  • primary: WAS 4, MiC 30

    [Collon2016WAS4] Collon, Dominique, and Edith Porada. 2016. Cylinder Seals. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 4. British Museum Press.

  • history: WAS 1, 11b

    [Wiseman1962WAS1] Wiseman, Donald J. 1962. Uruk-Early Dynastic Periods. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum 1.

    Note brief discussion in WAS 4

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 123200
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: U -
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-08 at 13:53:19 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-04 at 09:08:50 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2015-05-17 at 19:11:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-01-27 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 008687 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P475427.
CDLI Seals 008687 (physical) artifact entry (No. P475427). (2023, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P475427 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Seals 008687 (physical) artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P475427 (Accessed: March 20, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P475427},
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