cylinder seal
noun
: a cylinder (as of stone) engraved in intaglio and used especially in ancient Mesopotamia to roll an impression on wet clay
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Those matches essentially establish a direct link between the cylinder seal system and the invention of writing.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
The ancient metropolis is where cylinder seals were invented and used for administrative purposes.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
The New York Times reported that cylinder seals, clay tablets, and more arrived in wooden crates in Iraq this week.
—Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2021
However, the museum's collection includes items like Mesopotamian cylinder seals from 3000-1000 BCE and a moveable type machine from Korea.
—Brittanie Shey, Chron, 28 Mar. 2023
The Sisters necklace is based on a motif from an ancient cylinder seal.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2023
In turn, Wengrow was impressed to meet an anthropologist who knew what a cylinder seal is.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022
This is evident in her Sisters collection, which features ancient femme sisters that the designer reimagined from an over 4,000-year-old Akkadian cylinder seal.
—Charlotte Diamond, Vogue, 24 June 2021
Near the body lay a cylinder seal that bore an inscription from which the archaeologists were able to identify the woman: Queen Puabi (in his notes, Woolley referred to her as Shubad because of a mistranslation).
—National Geographic, 22 May 2019
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
The ancient metropolis is where cylinder seals were invented and used for administrative purposes.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
The New York Times reported that cylinder seals, clay tablets, and more arrived in wooden crates in Iraq this week.
—Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2021
However, the museum's collection includes items like Mesopotamian cylinder seals from 3000-1000 BCE and a moveable type machine from Korea.
—Brittanie Shey, Chron, 28 Mar. 2023
The Sisters necklace is based on a motif from an ancient cylinder seal.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2023
In turn, Wengrow was impressed to meet an anthropologist who knew what a cylinder seal is.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022
This is evident in her Sisters collection, which features ancient femme sisters that the designer reimagined from an over 4,000-year-old Akkadian cylinder seal.
—Charlotte Diamond, Vogue, 24 June 2021
Near the body lay a cylinder seal that bore an inscription from which the archaeologists were able to identify the woman: Queen Puabi (in his notes, Woolley referred to her as Shubad because of a mistranslation).
—National Geographic, 22 May 2019
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