Cylinder Seal

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.

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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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.