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Cylinder Seal

1900.53.0066A

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Artifact Identification Cylinder Seal   (1900.53.0066A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Old Babylonian
Date 1900–1600 BCE
Culture Old Babylonian
Location On Exhibitin the Africa exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 1.90 cm
Dimension 2 (Length) 1.00 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 0.98 cm
Weight 5.65 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone, Stone--Hematite, Stone--Chert--Jasper
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description

No Rogers

Porada: Sun-god in ascending posture facing a worshipper, a suppliant goddess, and a priest with a pail and sprinkler. In the field: A crescent and a lion-scimitar. Terminal: inscription. dNe.iri (Incomplete writing of Nergal (god of the nether world). There is an unrecognizable sign before the priest. Note the unusual direction of the scene, and the unequal height of the heads.
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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 N/A

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