Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0061A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Cylinder Seal (1900.53.0061A)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Personal Symbols : Personal Identification
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Asia, West : Iran, Iraq
Period	Old Babylonian
Date	1900 – 1600 BCE
Culture	Old Babylonian
Location	On Exhibitin the Mesopotamia exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height)	2.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Length)	1.34 cm
Dimension 3 (Width)	1.32 cm
Weight	11.25 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Stone--Hematite, Stone--Chert--Jasper
Manufacturing Processes	Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description	Rogers: This is a unique seal, showing one nude figure up side down. The Moon God is again seated on the throne. A priest--full front--stands before him and the suppliant approaches with both hands raised. Here, the nine pointed star, the staff, and other symbols appear in the background. Porada: Suppliant goddess and worshipper before a king or god holding a cup and enthroned upon a stool. In the field: a star above a ball-staff; a crescent above a vessel; and one star obove another (probably added when the seal was recut). Terminal: an inscription partly effaced and replaced by a reversed male figure introduced in a secondary cutting of the seal.
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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

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