Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0098A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Cylinder Seal (1900.53.0098A)
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

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	2.3 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter)	1.2 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A)	N/A
Weight	6 g
Measuring Remarks	None
Materials	Stone--Chalcedony
Manufacturing Processes	Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Published Description	Rogers: A medium sized crystal seal, showing very crude drill work. The figures are given very conventional treatment, made by a combination of various size circles and straight lines. The human figure and animals are not presented on the same level, the animals seem to stand upside down. Near the top of the seal is a symbol of six dots. Porada: A hero grasping an ibex on either side of him. In the field: a rhomb?
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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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