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KIŠIB - Digital Corpus of Ancient West Asian Seals and Sealings

KIŠIB builds a comprehensive digital corpus of ancient West Asian seals and sealings – connecting objects, images, people, and places across millennia. We combine archaeological, philological and digital expertise to make these fascinating artefacts accessible to scholars and the public worldwide.

Project news

The foyer of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in the Residence of Munich showing the poster of the conference on a screen.

Events

A retrospective on the First KIŠIB Conference (22–24 July 2026, Munich)

Our first conference has just come to an end, and we could not be happier with how it went. We were overwhelmed by the tremendous interest in the topic. Over three days ...

by Albert Dietz | 25 August 2026

A plaza in front of a big building with flags showing the letters BAdW, which stand for Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

News/Announcements

KIŠIB Conference 2026 – Save the date!

We are delighted to announce the first KIŠIB Conference, to be held from 22–24 July 2026 at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Munich. Under the theme “Why sealing? From sealed clay...

by Albert Dietz | 14 March 2026

Ancient West Asian clay sealing with cuneiform on printed programming code – representing the KIŠIB digital corpus project.

News/Announcements

Welcome to the new KIŠIB website!

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

by Sebastian Hageneuer | 13 March 2026

A close-up of a sealed envelope with visible cuneiform script and two figures. The right one is leading the left one to the right.

⭐ Highlight Article

What we do in the storerooms

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

by Albert Dietz | 16 February 2026

How to contribute

Help us build the most comprehensive digital corpus of ancient West Asian seals and sealings. If you have an object to share, we would love to hear from you! Find out more!