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.

Subcategories

This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.

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[+] Cylinder seal impressions‎ (16 C, 44 F)

A

[×] Akkadian cylinder seal‎ (11 F)
[+] Ancient Egyptian cylinder seals‎ (2 C, 32 F)

B

[×] Babylonian cylinder seals‎ (1 F)

C

[+] Cuneiform on cylinder seals‎ (2 C, 11 F)
[×] Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum‎ (427 F)

L

[×] Louvre AM 1639‎ (1 F)
[×] Louvre AM 1669‎ (1 F)

N

[×] Near Eastern antiquities in the Pergamonmuseum - Cylinder seals‎ (12 F)

T

[×] Cylinder seals with the Tree of Life‎ (3 F)

U

[×] Urartian cylinder seals‎ (4 F)
[×] Uruk Period seals‎ (6 F)

Media in category "Cylinder seals"

The following 58 files are in this category, out of 58 total.

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