CDLI Seals 015661 (physical) (P528678)

Stamp seal excavated in Tripoli (mod. Al Mina), dated to the Pre-Writing (ca. 8500-3500 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1937-0775

Period

Pre-Writing (ca. 8500-3500 BC)

Provenience

Tripoli (mod. Al Mina)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

20.0 mm × 19.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Stamp seal Artifact type comments:

    stamp seal (Fragment of ridged rectangle with thick base) (material from Ashmolean catalog: steatite)

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Steatite
  • Measurements (mm): 20.0 high × 19.0 wide × 12.0 thick
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S015661
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    stamp seal (Fragment of ridged rectangle with thick base) (material from Ashmolean catalog: steatite)

  • Genre(s):
  • Language(s):

  • primary: Ashm seal cat. 2, 9

    [Buchanan1984Ashmseals] Buchanan, Briggs. 1984. The Prehistoric Stamp Seals. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum 2. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Ashm 1937-0775
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Tripoli (mod. Al Mina) Provenience Comments:

    Turkey

  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: MN 446
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    MN 446 (survival in levels 7-8)

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-02 at 10:50:55 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-19 at 17:44:36 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-30 at 07:57:15 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-27 at 18:20:06 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2022-02-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI 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 015661 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P528678.
CDLI Seals 015661 (physical) artifact entry (No. P528678). (2024, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P528678 (Original work published 2022)
CDLI Seals 015661 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P528678 (Accessed: March 25, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P528678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P528678},
}


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