CDLI Seals 022553 (physical) (P544908)

Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 139541

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Alalakh (mod. Tell Açana/Atshana)

Material(s)

Mineral > Chlorite

Language(s)

-

Measurements

17.0 mm × 8.0 mm

Seal Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Cylinder seal
  • Material: Mineral > Chlorite
  • Measurements (mm): 17.0 high × 8.0 wide
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  • Seal no.: S022553
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  • primary: WAS 4, MiE 2

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

  • history: Alalakh cylinder seals, 111

    [Collon1982Alalakh] Collon, Dominique. 1982. The Alalakh Cylinder Seals. BAR International Series 132. Oxford.

  • history: Alalakh, pl. 66:139

    [Woolley1955Alalakh] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1955. Alalakh: An Account of the Excavations at Tell Atchana in the Hatay, 1937-1949. Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London 18. Oxford University Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 139541
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-02-18 at 17:03:29 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-09 at 11:22:28 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-07 at 15:51:29 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-11 at 19:39:10 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-12-10 at 16:19:40 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Seals 022553 (Physical) Artifact Entry.” (2023) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 9, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P544908.
CDLI Seals 022553 (physical) artifact entry (No. P544908). (2024, January 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P544908 (Original work published 2023)
CDLI Seals 022553 (physical) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P544908 (Accessed: March 25, 2025).
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