Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0081A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0081A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Personal Symbols
  4. :
  5. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date Late Old Babylonian, Provincial, 1750–1600 BCE
Culture Neo-Babylonian?, Provincial

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 2.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 1.6 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 20 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Stone--Hematite
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Drilling
Munsell Color Information Dark Gary (N2.75) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description

Rogers: A thick, inch hematite seal, showing five human figures rather imperfectly carved. The Moon-God stands with one foot on a mound. On his head he wears a high double turban. He is dressed in a long costume, leaving one limb nude. In his extended hand he seems to hold a weapon. The crescent moon is carved between the God and the Worshipper. Back of this figure are two symbols, a gate and a crab. Then appears the Shumerian, but the arms and body to the waist are front view. One nude limb is extended and rests upon a small animal. In one hand he hold an inverted serpent. The fifth figure in the groups seems to be taking a step. In one hand he holds a raised club and in the other he carries a symbol. Porada: A suppliant goddess and a worshiper before a sun-god ( in an ascending posture); A priest with a pail and knife(?) before a god who steps on a lion and leans on a scimitar. In the field: a vessel above a ball-staff, and a crescent.

Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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