Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0077A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0077A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Personal Symbols
  4. :
  5. 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

Rogers: A hemaetite seal about one and a fourth inches in length. This seal is divided into four sections; one is blank, the opposite quarter contains a three column inscription. On each side of the inscription stands a human figure. One is dressed in a long Shumerian flounced skirt and has his hands raised in supplication. This figure wears a high pine tree like head-dress. The second figure is well developed. He wears a turban head-dress and a beard with a scarf draped over one shoulder and reaching to the knees. This is one of the best seals of the Illinois Collection. The inscription reads: "Dadia, the son of Danig-Dishu, the servant of Sansu-iluna" (son of Hammurabi).

Porada: A god with a mace facing a suppliant goddess. Terminal: inscription.
INSCRIPTION: Da-ki-ia
mar Da-mi-iq-i-li-su
warad Sa-am-su-i-lu-na
Dakiya, the son of Damiq-ilishu the servant of (the King) Samsu-iluna.

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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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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