A cylinder seal is a small round cylinder, typically about one inch (2 to 3 cm) in length, engraved with written characters or figurative scenes or both...

cylinder seal, also known as the "temptation seal", is a small stone cylinder of post-Akkadian origin, dating from about 2200 to 2100 BCE. The seal depicts...

Archaeologically, he is known from several objects, including six cylinder seals,and two scarab seals. His name appears as graffito in the tomb of queen Khuit...

Akkadian cylinder seal impression depicting a vegetation goddess, possibly Ninhursag, sitting on a throne surrounded by worshippers (c. 2350–2150 BC)...

Satans the friends of those who do not believe. A cylinder seal, known as the Adam and Eve cylinder seal, from post-Akkadian periods in Mesopotamia (c. 23rd...

Susa III/ Proto-Elamite cylinder seal, 3150–2800 BC. Louvre Museum, reference Sb 1484 Susa III/ Proto-Elamite cylinder seal 3150–2800 BC Louvre Museum...

of the cylinder. The piston has sliding rings and seals. The piston divides the inside of the cylinder into two chambers, the bottom chamber (cap end) and...

gasket provides the seal between the engine block and cylinder head(s). Its purpose is to seal the combustion gases within the cylinders and to avoid coolant...

is generally thought that cylinder seals were introduced from Mesopotamia to Egypt during the Naqada II period. Cylinder seals, some coming from Mesopotamia...

Two main types of seals were used in the Ancient Near East, the stamp seal and the cylinder seal. Stamp seals first appeared in 'administrative' contexts...

onto them. The stamp seals were replaced in the 4th millennium BC by cylinder seals that had to be rolled over the soft clay to leave an imprint. From the...

relations. Ivory cylinder seals discovered in Nekhen Nekhen ivory cylinder with kneeling men, with impression (drawing) Nekhen ivory cylinder with animals...

in Ur, Babylon and Kish. The water buffalos that appear on Akkadian cylinder seals from the time of Naram-Sin (circa 2250 BCE) may have been imported to...

vol. 108, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1–9. "CDLI-Found Texts". cdli.ucla.edu. "Cylinder Seal with King or God and Vanquished Lion". The Walters Art Museum. Norman...

and "Enki and the World Order" (dissertation, Uni of Philadelphia) "Cylinder Seal of Ibni-Sharrum". Louvre Museum. "Site officiel du musée du Louvre"...

A bulla (Medieval Latin for "a round seal", from Classical Latin bulla, "bubble, blob"; plural bullae) is an inscribed clay, soft metal (lead or tin),...

is generally thought that cylinder seals were introduced from Mesopotamia to Egypt during the Naqada II period. Cylinder seals, some coming from Mesopotamia...

archaeology and art history. In ancient Mesopotamia carved or engraved cylinder seals in stone or other materials were used. These could be rolled along to...

plant-based decorative schemes, though most sculptures were also painted. Cylinder seals have survived in large numbers, many with complex and detailed scenes...

research. A cylinder seal from Tlatilco, dated to a time frame of Olmec occupation, appears to carry a non-pictographic, linear script. A cylinder seal from...

BC). Examples include the Narmer Palette and the Oxford Palette. The cylinder seal of Uruk (image above) displays the motif very clearly. Typically, two...

1988. Studies in the chronology and regional style of Old Babylonian Cylinder Seals. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Volume 23. Vedeler (2006), pp. 8–15. "However...

time in a motif reminiscent of the Master of animals. The Kalibangan cylinder seal also depicts a human-tiger (in this case graphically represented by...

period cylinder seal (3350-2900 BC). Late uruk/ Jeldet Nasr period cylinder seal (3350-2900 BC). Jemdet Nasr-style Mesopotamian cylinder seal, from Grave...

temples were sometimes branded with the seal of the eight-pointed star. On boundary stones and cylinder seals, the eight-pointed star is sometimes shown...

seem complete. Even before dominating the region, they continued the cylinder seal tradition, with designs which are often exceptionally energetic and...

and cylinder seals seem to indicate the existence of a league or amphictyony of Sumerian city-states. For example, clay tablets from Ur bear cylinder seal...

period (2000-1800 BC). Royal Museums of Art and History - Brussels Cylinder seal showing the representation of a devotee (center) by goddess Lamma (left)...

In 1985, the German Archaeological Institute discovered seal impressions of a cylinder seal in the tomb of First Dynasty king Den. They were published...

impressed with cylinder seal. Receipt of goats, c. 2040 BC, year 7 of Amar-Sin. Neo-Sumerian. Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal. Receipt of goats...