Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Object Type	Bulla or sealing
General type	Animals
Specific type	Animals, Quadrupeds
Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) ID	132681
Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Neg. ID	733756 733757
Unit ID	CB4.8.167/152
Locus	CB48025
Inventory ID	K00BL 0498
Catalog ID	AQG 003
Color	Very dark grey to black
Preservation of sealing	Fully preserved or intact
Shape of sealing	Up-and-down oval
Maximum preserved size of sealing (mm)	12.0
Preservation of impression	intact ?
Preservation of impression (Note)	intact ?
Shape of impression	Up-and-down oval
Maximum preserved size of impression (mm)	11.0
Condition of impression	Good
Editorial Note	Additional information about the interpretive and scholarly context of these sealings is available in: Herbert, S.C., 2023. University of Michigan and University of Minnesota Excavations at Tel Kedesh I: The Hellenistic Archive and its Sealings. Archaeological Reports, 30. American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR). ISBN-13: 9780897571180.

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Has type Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)	seals (marks) info Vocabulary: Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Open Context References: seals (marks) hub

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Creator Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)	Sharon Herbert info Vocabulary: Tel Kedesh Sealing Images
Spatial Coverage Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)	Kadasa info Vocabulary: Pleiades Open Context References: Kadasa hub Persian and Hellenistic Administrative Building (PHAB), Tel Kedesh info Vocabulary: Pleiades Open Context References: Persian and Hellenistic Administrative Building (PHAB), Tel Kedesh hub
Temporal Coverage Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)	Hellenistic Middle East (330-140 BC) info Vocabulary: Pleiades: Time Periods Open Context References: Hellenistic Middle East (330-140 BC) hub
Subject Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)	Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel info Vocabulary: Library of Congress Subject Headings Open Context References: Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel hub Glyptics info Vocabulary: Library of Congress Subject Headings Open Context References: Glyptics hub

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Sharon Herbert. (2025) "K00BL 0498 from Asia/Israel/Tel Kedesh/Locus CB48025". In Tel Kedesh Sealing Images. Sharon Herbert (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/df677d62-7ae7-46b4-a427-9f9b43c8d3fd> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k20z7mv4h

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