Category:Cylinder seals

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English: A cylinder seal was an cylinder engraved with a 'picture story', used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a sheet of wet clay.

Deutsch: Rollsiegel sind eine meist mesopotamische Sonderform der Glyptik und Sphragistik.

Español: Un sello cilíndrico era un cilindro grabado con una historia dibujada, usado en épocas antiguas para dejar una impresión en una lámina de arcilla húmeda.

Français : Dans le Proche-Orient ancien, un sceau-cylindre est un cylindre orné de motifs représentants des dieux ou des symboles du pouvoir. Ils servent la plupart du temps à imprimer ces motifs sur de l'argile, mais on les retrouve également dans des tombeaux royaux.

cylinder seal

form of seal used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a two-dimensional surface

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Time of discovery or invention

4th millennium BC

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Subcategories

This category has the following 27 subcategories, out of 27 total.

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Cylinder seals in the Art and History Museum of Brussels (2 F)
Cylinder seals in the Harvard Semitic Museum (8 F)
Cylinder seals in the Hjaltland Collection (24 F)
Cylinder seals in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (128 F)
Cylinder seals in the Louvre (4 C, 33 F)
Cylinder seals in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (13 F)
Cylinder seals in the Morgan Library & Museum (3 F)
Cylinder seals in the Oriental Institute Museum (62 F)
Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin - Cylinder seals (21 F)
Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum (2 C, 427 F)

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Cylinder seal impressions (25 C, 103 F)

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Akkadian cylinder seals (2 C, 63 F)
Ancient Egyptian cylinder seals (4 C, 61 F)

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Babylonian cylinder seals (11 F)

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Cuneiform on cylinder seals (26 C, 137 F)
Cylinder seals from Ugarit (9 F)
Cylinder seals in the British Museum (10 F)

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Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia cylinder seals (11 F)

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Indus Valley cylinder seals (1 C, 1 F)
Cylinder seals of Iran (18 F)

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Kassite seals (2 C)

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Mitannian cylinder seals (16 F)

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Neo-Assyrian seals (1 C, 2 F)

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Third Dynasty of Ur cylinder seals (14 F)
Cylinder seals with the Tree of Life (3 F)

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Urartian cylinder seals (1 C, 7 F)
Uruk Period cylinder seals (13 F)

Media in category "Cylinder seals"

The following 64 files are in this category, out of 64 total.

Achaemenid cylinder seal showing 2 scenes. An Achaemenid king before 2 sphinxes (below god Ahura Mazda). Supernatural creature fighting 2 ibexes. 6th-4th century BCE. From Hillah, Iraq. British Museum.jpg 3,529 × 2,005; 3.93 MB
Adda Seal Akkadian Empire 2300 BC.jpg 1,508 × 608; 603 KB
Ancient Akkadian Cylindrical Seal Depicting Inanna and Ninshubur.jpg 550 × 411; 30 KB
Babylonisches Rollsiegel, 3600 v. Chr. - Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum Rothenburg ob der Tauber.JPG 2,018 × 1,491; 663 KB
Basalt cylinder seal of pharaoh Menkaure, from Egypt, Old Kindom, 4th Dynasty, 2539-2511 BCE. Neues Museum, Berlin.jpg 2,426 × 2,655; 4.94 MB
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem IMG 6514.JPG 5,184 × 3,456; 6.34 MB
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem IMG 6516.JPG 5,184 × 3,456; 7.1 MB
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem IMG 6518.JPG 5,184 × 3,456; 7.59 MB
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem IMG 6556.JPG 3,745 × 3,456; 6.11 MB
Bull morning and evening star.jpg 736 × 444; 87 KB
Cropped Image of Ancient Akkadian Cylinder Seal Impression of the Two-Faced God Isimud.jpg 243 × 572; 51 KB
Cropped image of Ninshubur from an ancient Akkadian cylinder seal impression.jpg 121 × 382; 36 KB
Cuneiform inscriptions found on the lapis lazuli cylinder seal of Shagarakti-Shuriash were recorded on this clay tablet from Nineveh, Iraq. Circa 689 BCE. Currently housed in the British Museum in London.jpg 4,667 × 3,764; 11.43 MB
Cylinder seal and modern impression Human figures and demons,ca. 1820–1730 BC Syria.jpg 500 × 210; 21 KB
Cylinder seal and modern impression royal figures flanking a standard, sphinxes, ca. 1720–1650 BC Old Syrian.jpg 500 × 246; 22 KB
Cylinder seal and modern impression- Master of Animals between lions, griffins, Minoan genius MET 1999.325.223.jpg 780 × 355; 95 KB
Cylinder seal and modern impression- war goddess flanked by goddesses with Egyptian-style sun-disk headdress and vertical wings MET ss1984 383 19.jpg 351 × 183; 16 KB
Cylinder seal and modern impression. Royal worshiper before a god on a throne; human-headed bulls below,ca. 1820–1730 B.C. Old Syrian.jpg 1,844 × 1,173; 601 KB
Cylinder seal Assur.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 276 KB
Cylinder seal colony period 134306.jpg 2,914 × 1,582; 1.07 MB
Cylinder seal Old Assyrian 22963.jpg 1,908 × 826; 508 KB
Cylinder seal Old Assyrian 89354.jpg 2,467 × 1,413; 896 KB
Cylinder seal Old Assyrian 89774.jpg 2,838 × 1,631; 1.15 MB
Cylinder seal with antilopes, excavated in Kish, Mesopotamia (detail).jpg 630 × 331; 100 KB
Cylinder seal with intertwined snakes, Mesopotamia.jpg 1,486 × 449; 336 KB
Cylinder seal, ca. 1820–1730 B.C. Old Syrian.jpg 500 × 273; 20 KB
Cylinder Seals 20231117 123123.jpg 4,032 × 1,960; 1.57 MB
Cylinder seals and stamps REM.JPG 2,191 × 1,189; 431 KB
Cylinder seals from the Colony Period.jpg 1,884 × 3,055; 8.19 MB
D550- cachet cylindrique. -L2-Ch 3.png 1,052 × 614; 221 KB
Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 185.jpg 816 × 399; 162 KB
Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 194.jpg 1,024 × 680; 361 KB
Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 207.jpg 1,024 × 680; 326 KB
Iran bastan - 11.jpg 2,109 × 866; 480 KB
Jama-Coaque cylinder seals 01.jpg 8,429 × 2,438; 6.8 MB
Jama-Coaque cylinder seals 02.jpg 10,800 × 2,432; 7.46 MB
Jemdet Nasr cylinder seal 1.jpg 5,232 × 3,529; 1.94 MB
Jemdet Nasr cylinder seal 2.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 1.79 MB
Lapis lazuli seal king pouring an offering to Shamash.jpg 3,404 × 1,625; 997 KB
Marduk and pet.jpg 778 × 1,274; 269 KB
Marduk and pet.svg 1,049 × 1,817; 425 KB
Mesopotamian cylinder seal with antilopes, excavated in Kish, Mesopotamia.jpg 981 × 367; 141 KB
Mitannian - Cylinder Seal with a Row of Human Figures above Animals - Walters 42685 - Side E.jpg 1,146 × 1,799; 168 KB
Montone alato con un albero, VI-V sec. ac., agata.JPG 601 × 1,398; 522 KB
Museu arqueologic de Creta14.jpg 1,024 × 768; 136 KB
Museum of Anatolian Civilization Seals.jpg 778 × 574; 363 KB
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations044.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.01 MB
Neoassyrian cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene.png 378 × 298; 233 KB
Papiermuseum Basel 2008 (4).jpg 1,544 × 1,158; 271 KB
Persian seal with king and winged bulls.jpg 800 × 488; 112 KB
Pferd, Antiquarium Berlin, Nr. 180.JPG 814 × 662; 47 KB
Rollerseal.jpg 338 × 450; 22 KB
Rollsiegel 1 Slg Ebnöther.jpg 859 × 1,373; 902 KB
Rollsiegel 2 Slg Ebnöther.jpg 939 × 1,778; 1.05 MB
Rollsiegel.JPG 4,896 × 2,366; 2.52 MB
Rolzegel.JPG 1,726 × 714; 683 KB
SCeau cylindre Isin Larsa Irak 41065.jpg 3,250 × 632; 1.47 MB
SCeau cylindre néo Summer 41064.jpg 2,904 × 682; 1.53 MB
Sceau Djemdet Nasr potieres et araignees AO 5371.jpg 5,381 × 2,261; 2.17 MB
Seal of Izkur-Marduk.jpg 850 × 436; 103 KB
Siegel-Medeon.jpg 993 × 1,291; 301 KB
The Darius seal. Darius stands in a royal chariot below Ahura Mazda and shoots arrows at a rampant lion. From Thebes, Egypt. 6th-5th century BCE. British Museum.jpg 3,217 × 2,330; 3.98 MB
Two human-headed bull lamassu neoassyrian-babylonian cylinder.jpg 292 × 246; 20 KB
᚛ᚌᚗᚄᚖ᚜.jpg 3,472 × 2,340; 1.49 MB

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