Mesopotamian cylinder seal
- Description
- This cylinder seal is made from chlorite and shows a presentation scene with two goddesses and a worshipper. Both goddesses wear horned head-dresses while the worshipper has a shaven head. Above them is a crescent moon, and a lizard is in front of the goddesses. Originally the seal also had written text but this was removed not long after the seal was made.
- Accession Loan No.
- 86/1966/S7
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- Mesopotamian cylinder seal
- Simple Name
- seal
- Full Name
- cylinder seal
- Dimensions
- whole height 28 mm; whole diameter 15 mm
- Cultural Group
- Mesopotamia
- Production Year Low
- -2112
- Production Year High
- -2004
- Family Group
- Material
- chlorite
- Function Name
- identifying/ trading/ protecting
- Function Detail
- for identification, to authenticate documents; to seal tablets and envelopes giving details of consignments of goods, agreements, identified ownership; to secure doors and containers; of decorative, amuletic value
- Collector / Excavator
- Corkill, N.L., Dr
- Collection Site Name
- Lagash, (Telloh?)
- Collection Town
- Lagash (city state)
- Collection Country
- Iraq
- Collection Area Region
- Western Asia (Middle East and Near East)
- Collection Continent
- Asia
