Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0067A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Cylinder Seal (1900.53.0067A)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Personal Symbols : Personal Identification
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Asia, West : Iraq
Period	Old Babylonian
Date	20th – 17th century BCE
Culture	Old Babylonian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height)	2.45 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter)	1.09 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A)	N/A
Weight	8.04 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Stone--Hematite
Manufacturing Processes	Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description	Rogers: One inch haematite seal picturing Shamash, the Sun-God, with one foot on the mountain, and two attendants, one the usual Shumerian worshipper. Porada: A suppliant goddess and a god (with a round cap, hair in a chignon, and holding a mace) before the sun-god in an ascending posture. In the field: A sun-disk in a crescent in the sky.
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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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