Cylinder Seal
1900.53.0082A
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Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Cylinder Seal (1900.53.0082A) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | None |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | Babylonian, 20th – 17th century BCE |
Culture | Provincial Babylonian |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Length) | 2.5 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Diameter) | 1.3 cm |
Dimension 3 (N/A) | N/A |
Weight | 11 g |
Measuring Remarks | None |
Materials | Stone--Hematite |
Manufacturing Processes | Carved, Inscribing, Drilling |
Munsell Color Information | Dark Gray (N2.75) -ns |
Research Remarks
Published Description | Rogers: An inch long, brown hematite seal. This cylinder pictures Adad, the Weather God, riding his bull, in one hand he holds a thunderbolt, and the other he holds high over his head. A minor diety is presenting him with a lamb, and a Shumerian follows, with both hands raised high to his head. Porada: A suppliant goddess and a worshipper (bearing a kid) before a weather god (on a bull) brandishing a lightning fork. |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | N/A |
Bibliography | Porada, Edith. "Concordance of Seals in the Oriental Museum, UIUC." Unpublished ms., ca. 1950. Rogers, Frances. Babylonian Seal Cylinders as a Historical Source, UIUC Master's Thesis, 1929. |
Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | N/A |
Reproduction | no |
Reproduction Information | N/A |