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Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0075A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0075A)
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) 2.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 1.3 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 12 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone--Hematite
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Inscribing, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description

Rogers: A haematite seal very silimar to No. 19. The figures are almost identical, save the position of the man's arms. A symbol, the Caduceus, separates the two figures.

Porada: A god with a mace facing a suppliant goddess. In the field: a lion club between the figures. Terminal: inscription. ............f-li-su/mar dSin-idin-nam/x lugal.ban.da
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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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