1. Home
  2. Collections
  3. Search the Collection
  4. Cylinder Seal

Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0051A

Thumbnail of Cylinder Seal (1900.53.0051A)

Detailed Images

Basic Information

Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0051A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Achaemenid
Date 6th – 5th century BC
Culture Achaemenid

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 1.90 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 1.05 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 3.68 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone--Chalcedony
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description

Rogers: A small blueish-white seal badly disfigured and impossible to study for detail. The scene pictures marduk fighting Tiamat, the chaos monster, so that creation may take place. Marduk is pictured wearing a turban and a short skirt. His arms are unnaturally long. One arm is stretched back of him and probably holds a weapon, while the other holds a fore-foot of Tiamat. To the back of the animal is a crescent moon, the symbol of the Moon God.

Porada: A king with a dagger attacking a winged bull. In the field, a crescent(?).

Published Description Under Review
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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

Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction no

Contact

All information about our collection is constantly reviewed and updated. Please contact Dery Martínez-Bonilla, Registrar, if there is any information you are looking for that isn't currently online.