Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0106A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Cylinder Seal (1900.53.0106A)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Personal Symbols : Personal Identification
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Asia, West : Iraq
Period/Date	Babylonian, Early Dynastic III, 2900–2334 BCE
Culture	N/A
Location	On Exhibitin the Mesopotamia exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	2.1 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter)	1.0 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A)	N/A
Weight	5 g
Measuring Remarks	None
Materials	Animal--Shell
Manufacturing Processes	Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Published Description	Rogers: A small white seal, three fourths of an inch in length. This seal is in many respects similar to number nine. The design seems to have been originally been done in drill work and then worked down with some other instrument. Again the nude4 man with three feaethers on his head stands plunging a dagger into the head of an animal. The second figure stands between four animals. The figures are better developed on this seal than on any of the other seals of this type. Porada: A hero with upturned curls attacking with a dagger a lion grasping an antelope; a second hero with upturned curls grasping the latter antelope as well as a second antelope on his other side; a second lion attacking the latter.
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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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