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Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0119A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0119A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Babylonian, Early Dynastic II
Date 27th century BCE
Culture N/A

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 1.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 1.5 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 7 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone--Marble, Stone--Onyx
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description

Rogers: A small semi-translucent seal with a linear design. Animals in very unsual posotions. About every other is upside down. The animals are poorly drawn and indistinguishable. The only figure on the seal that can be easily discerned is a scorpion.

Porada: A horned animal (reversed); a lion; a second lion (reversed); a second horned animal. Terminal: a scorpion. Note the balanced composition.
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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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