Cylinder seal and modern impression: ritual scene before a temple facade, ca. 3500–3100

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Cylinder seal and modern impression: ritual scene before a temple facade, Late Uruk, ca. 3500–3100 , Mesopotamia, Bituminous limestone, H. cm (1 3/4 in.), Stone-Cylinder Seals, Although engraved stones had been used as early as the seventh millennium to stamp impressions in clay, the invention in the fourth millennium of carved cylinders that could be rolled over clay allowed the development of more complex seal designs

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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