Cylinder seal - Wikipedia
A cylinder seal is a small round cylinder, typically about one inch (2 to 3 cm) in width, engraved with written characters or figurative scenes or both, used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a two-dimensional surface, generally wet clay.
Cylinder Seals in Ancient Mesopotamia - Their History and Significance
2015年12月2日 · Cylinder seals were impression stamps, often quite intricate in design, used throughout Mesopotamia. They were known as kishib in Sumerian and kunukku in Akkadian and were used by everyone, from royals to slaves, in the transaction of business and sending correspondence.
Cylinder seal | Mesopotamian, Sumerian, Clay | Britannica
cylinder seal, small stone cylinder engraved in intaglio on its surface to leave impressions when rolled on wet clay. Cylinder seals are characteristic artifacts of ancient Mesopotamian civilization and are considered some of its finest artistic achievements.
Cylinder Seal - World History Encyclopedia
2015年11月27日 · What is a cylinder seal? A cylinder seal was a small impression stamp carried by the people of ancient Mesopotamia as a form of identification. It was used to authenticate documents like business transactions, land sales, and personal correspondence. What is the earliest date of cylinder seals?
The Origin and Development of the Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seal
Parallel to the development of stamp seals in the sixth millennium B.C. and related to their function as amulets (and to the latter amuletic function of cylinder seals) was the development of the small clay and stone amulets.
Cylinder Seals: Tiny Treasures That Leave a Big Impression
2018年5月30日 · When cylinder seals were created in the ancient world, tools for magnification—like microscopes or magnifying glasses—had not yet been invented. Imagine how hard it must have been to carve these tiny objects and into a round surface!
Smarthistory – Cylinder seals
A cylinder seal is a small pierced object, like a long round bead, carved in reverse and hung on strings of fiber or leather. These often beautiful objects were ubiquitous in the Ancient Near East and remain a unique record of individuals from this era.
Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene
In ancient Mesopotamia, a cylinder-shaped seal could be rolled on a variety of objects made of clay. When seals were impressed on tablets or tablet cases the seal impressions served to identify the authority responsible for what was written …
cylinder seal - British Museum
Object: Hash-hamer Cylinder Description Greenstone cylinder seal; a goddess wearing a striped robe and a multiple-horned head-dress stands with both hands raised behind a worshipper (owner of seal - Hash-hamer?) in a fringed robe, bald and clean-shaven, who raises his right hand.
7.1.7: Cylinder seals - Humanities LibreTexts
A cylinder seal is a small pierced object, like a long round bead, carved in reverse (intaglio) and hung on strings of fiber or leather. These often beautiful objects were ubiquitous in the Ancient Near East and remain a unique record of individuals from this era.