Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0068A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Cylinder Seal (1900.53.0068A)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Personal Symbols : Personal Identification
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Asia, West : Iraq
Period	Old Babylonian
Date	1900–1600 BCE
Culture	Old Babylonian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height)	2.30 cm
Dimension 2 (Length)	1.24 cm
Dimension 3 (Width)	1.18 cm
Weight	9.27 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Stone--Hematite
Manufacturing Processes	Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description	Rogers: A small haematite seal carrying five human figures. The Moon-God is pictured standing on his mountain, ring in hand. A minor diety presents a sheep. Two heroes hold a small standard, another figure, wearing a Shumerian costume, lifts a vase with the life giving waters spurting from it. Porada: A worshipper carrying a kid before a sun-god in an ascending posture; a bull-man and a nude bearded hero holding a sun standard between them; and a goddess standing on a goat-fish and holding a flowing sprinkler under a fish. In the field: A sun-disk in a crescent; an indefinable animal (beside staff of standard); and the fish mentioned above.
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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	N/A

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