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Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0072A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0072A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Old Babylonian
Date 1900–1600 BCE
Culture Old Babylonian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 3.00 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 1.60 cm
Dimension 3 (Diameter 2) 1.37 cm
Weight 24.01 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Stone--Hematite
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description

Rogers: An inch seal composed of haematite. One third of the seal is taken up with an inscription. The first picture is that of a man standing on a pedestal, with hands folded upon his breast, perhaps the Moon God on his mountain. The second figure, taller in statue, wears a head-dress and nine tier Shumerian dress. Just to the right of his head is a half moon. The third pictures presents a front view of a man, grasping in his hand some sort of weapon.

Porada: A god with a mace facing a suppliant goddess, behind whom is a nude female on a dais. In the field: A crescent above a mongoose. Terminal inscription: ? ? / warad dAdad

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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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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