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Cylinder Seal (Fake?)

1900.53.0078A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal (Fake?)   (1900.53.0078A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture West Asian
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 2.4 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 0.9 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 3 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone--Chalcedony
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Scheil, Revue d'Assyriologie, Pl. II #10, Rogers 53, p.23.

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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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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