CDLI Seals 015665 (physical) (P528680)

Stamp seal excavated in Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana), 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 1938-0186

Period

Pre-Writing (ca. 8500-3500 BC)

Provenience

Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana)

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

30.0 mm × 20.0 mm × 8.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Stamp seal Artifact type comments:

    stamp seal (Gable) (material from Ashmolean catalog: steatite)

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Steatite
  • Measurements (mm): 30.0 high × 20.0 wide × 8.0 thick
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.: S015665
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    stamp seal (Gable) (material from Ashmolean catalog: steatite)

  • Genre(s):
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  • primary: Ashm seal cat. 2, 123

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

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  • Museum No.: Ashm 1938-0186
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana) Provenience Comments:

    AT/37/1 from trench A, 11/3/37 from 1936 sondage, Levels II-I, Turkey

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  • Excavation No: AT/37/1
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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 15:06:43 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 015665 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P528680.
CDLI Seals 015665 (physical) artifact entry (No. P528680). (2024, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P528680 (Original work published 2022)
CDLI Seals 015665 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P528680 (Accessed: March 25, 2025).
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