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Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0077A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0077A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Old Babylonian
Date 20th – 17th century BCE
Culture Old Babylonian
Location On Exhibitin the Mesopotamia exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 3.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 1.4 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 21 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone--Hematite
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Inscribing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Scheil, Revue d'Assyriologie, Pl. II #13, Rogers 19, p. 13.

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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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.

"UI, USC students collaborating on unique archaeology project." Inside Illinois, 11/2/2006.

Photo: "Technology + Teamwork = New Discoveries," USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, Winter 2006/07, p. 6.

Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

Martin, Richard A. (Richard Arthur). Ancient Seals of the Near East. Chicago: Field Museum Press, 1940.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction no

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