Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Object Type	Bulla or sealing
General type	Animals
Specific type	Animals, Quadrupeds
Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) ID	132337
Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Neg. ID	717288 717289
Unit ID	CB4.7 132/135
Locus	CB47017
Inventory ID	K99BL 1086
Catalog ID	AQH/D 001
Color	Red
Preservation of sealing	Fully preserved or intact
Shape of sealing	Up-and-down oval
Maximum preserved size of sealing (mm)	16.0
Preservation of impression	3/4 preserved or intact
Shape of impression	Unknown
Maximum preserved size of impression (mm)	12.0
Condition of impression	Excellent
Note about identical or similar sealings	similar to bird on deer, but apparently not identical: no birds ?
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

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
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) "K99BL 1086 from Asia/Israel/Tel Kedesh/Locus CB47017". In Tel Kedesh Sealing Images. Sharon Herbert (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/e33a6e4d-01ba-44eb-9dd1-3329730c6b28> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pc3f71r

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