Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0096A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Cylinder Seal (1900.53.0096A)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Personal Symbols : Personal Identification
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Asia, West : Iraq
Period/Date	Neo Assyrian, 700 – 620 BCE
Culture	Neo-Assyrian
Location	On Exhibitin the Mesopotamia exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	3.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter)	1.5 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A)	N/A
Weight	17 g
Measuring Remarks	None
Materials	Stone--Chalcedony
Manufacturing Processes	Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Published Description	Rogers: A large inch and a half crystal seal. The design is made into a panel by a line one eighth of an inch from each edge of the seal. The entire seal is given over to symbols, only some of them can be distinguished, as the Tree of Life, the sun disk, fish, etc. Porada: Two kneeling winged genii grasping streams that fall from a winged sun-disk above a tree, between them, and extending their other hands towards the wings. Terminal: a star above a rhomb beside a bull's head, above a fish.
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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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