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

Cylinder seal Shamash Louvre AO9132.jpg

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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 (2 C, 27 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 (17 F)
Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum‎ (2 C, 428 F)

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Cylinder seal impressions‎ (24 C, 105 F)

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Akkadian cylinder seals‎ (1 C, 67 F)
Ancient Egyptian cylinder seals‎ (3 C, 57 F)

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Babylonian cylinder seals‎ (11 F)

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Cuneiform on cylinder seals‎ (25 C, 139 F)
Cylinder seals from Ugarit‎ (8 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 (5 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 (13 F)
Cylinder seals with the Tree of Life‎ (3 F)

U

Urartian cylinder seals‎ (4 F)
Uruk Period cylinder seals‎ (12 F)

Media in category "Cylinder seals"

The following 63 files are in this category, out of 63 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 3,072 × 2,304; 1.53 MB
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 2,991 × 1,641; 1.04 MB
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 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
P1050580 Louvre sceau-cylindre n°24 rwk.JPG 2,000 × 1,500; 1.91 MB
Papiermuseum Basel 2008 (4).jpg 1,544 × 1,158; 271 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
Sceau Ibni-sharrum impression.JPG 1,078 × 595; 486 KB
Seal of Izkur-Marduk.jpg 850 × 436; 103 KB
Serpentinite stamp-cylinder seal Urartu BM 130670.jpg 3,937 × 1,580; 1,012 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
᚛ᚌᚗᚄᚖ᚜.jpg 3,472 × 2,340; 1.49 MB

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