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Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0064A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0064A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Neo Babylonian
Date 1900–1600 BCE
Culture Neo-Babylonian
Location On Exhibitin the Mesopotamia exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 2.64 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 1.63 cm
Dimension 3 (Diameter 2) 1.57 cm
Weight 17.88 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Stone--Hematite
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Photo: Spurlock Museum Magazine, Fall 2007.

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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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, Does not appear to be reproduction, changed to not reproduction, 6/4/2002. If additional information can be found to indicate this truly is a reproduction, reverse decision. J. White.

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