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Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0110A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0110A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Babylonian, Early Dynastic III
Date 28th – 27th century BC
Culture N/A

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 3.1 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 1.8 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 18 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Animal--Shell
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description

Rogers: A light tan shell seal a little over an inch in length. The surface is badly damaged so the figures are scarcely discernable, but one human figure and several rampant lions can be distinguished.

Porada: Two crossed lions attacking two horned animals; a feline(?) attacked by a hero.
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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 no

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