Sealed tag from Ur (excavations by LMU Munich). Find no. Ur-102-0332, Area 5, A. Credit: A. Otto, adapted by V. Kaçmaz, CC BY 4.0.
Ancient West Asian clay sealing with cuneiform on printed programming code – representing the KIŠIB digital corpus project.

Welcome to the new KIŠIB website!

Profile picture of Sebastian Hageneuer, Research Group Leader at the BBAWBySebastian Hageneuer

We are pleased to welcome you to the official website of the KIŠIB – Digital Corpus of Ancient West Asian Seals and Sealings project!

Our goal is to make the rich world of Mesopotamian cylinder seals and seal impressions digitally accessible and analyzable. These seals are not only intricately crafted objects but also significant historical sources – they tell stories of administration, identity, and cultural interaction in ancient West Asia.

On this site, you will find detailed information about the project, our methodological approaches, visual resources, and research outcomes. KISHIB is an open, evolving research project that combines the latest developments in digital archaeology with the needs of Assyriology and related fields and will be for the next 16 years. Feel free to learn more about our partner institutions or dive into the world of digital cuneiform studies. We invite you to join us in discovering the digital world of Mesopotamian seals!

Profile picture of Sebastian Hageneuer, Research Group Leader at the BBAW

Dr. Sebastian Hageneuer is a West Asian and digital and computational archaeologist. His research focuses on 3D and database technologies, Archaeogaming as well as Mesopotamian seals and sealings. He leads one of the two research units of the KIŠIB project and has worked extensively on computational methods in archaeology.

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