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Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0086A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0086A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Assyrian
Date 1400– 1100 BC
Culture West Asian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 3.1 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 0.9 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 6 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone--Chalcedony, Stone--Quartz--Agate
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Drilling, Incising

Research Remarks

Description

Rogers: A one fourth inch seal of beautiful coloring, amber shading to red. Here the God, Marduk, fights with a monters. His left hand grasps the animal, and his right holds a boomerang drawn back, ready to strike. The picture is balanced by two tall candleabras.

Porada: A winged(?) hero, with a scimitar, grasping a horned animal by the horn. Terminal motif: a "sacred tree".

Porada questions the authenticity of this item.
Published Description Under Review
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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

Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction yes

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