1. Cyclinder seal H. 13/16 in. (2 cm); Diam. 3/8 in. (0.9 cm)

Date:

-2000 - -1000
ca. late 2nd millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Cyprus

Time period:

Late Cypriot

Medium:

Serpentine

Extent:

H. 13/16 in. (2 cm); Diam. 3/8 in. (0.9 cm)

2. Cylinder seal (half) and modern impression: galloping lion-griffin pursuing rearing lion-griffin H. 13/16 in. (2 cm); Diam. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)

Date:

-900 - -700
ca. 9th–8th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Neo-Assyrian

Medium:

Quartz, rock crystal (?)

Extent:

H. 13/16 in. (2 cm); Diam. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)

3. Cylinder seal 0.5 in. (1.27 cm)

Date:

-2004 - -1595
ca. 2004–1595 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Isin-Larsa or Old Babylonian

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.5 in. (1.27 cm)

4. Cylinder seal 0.7 in. (1.78 cm)

Date:

-2000 - -1
2nd–1st millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Late Bronze Age

Medium:

Limestone (?)

Extent:

0.7 in. (1.78 cm)

5. Cylinder seal 0.37 in. (0.94 cm)

Date:

-900 - -700
ca. 9th–8th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Neo-Assyrian

Medium:

Stone, pale rose

Extent:

0.37 in. (0.94 cm)

6. Cylinder seal 0.43 in. (1.09 cm)

Date:

-2600 - -2350
ca. 2600–2350 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Early Dynastic III

Medium:

Lapis lazuli

Extent:

0.43 in. (1.09 cm)

7. Cylinder seal 0.45 in. (1.14 cm)

Date:

-2150 - -2100
ca. 2150–2100 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Post-Akkadian

Medium:

Lapis lazuli

Extent:

0.45 in. (1.14 cm)

8. Cylinder seal 0.48 in. (1.22 cm)

Date:

-3100 - -2900
ca. 3100–2900 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Jemdet Nasr

Medium:

Steatite or serpentine, black

Extent:

0.48 in. (1.22 cm)

9. Cylinder seal 0.49 in. (1.24 cm)

Date:

-1500 - -1300
ca. 15th–14th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Mitanni

Medium:

Chert

Extent:

0.49 in. (1.24 cm)

10. Cylinder seal 0.49 in. (1.24 cm)

Date:

-1500 - -1100
ca. 15th–12th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Cyprus

Time period:

Late Cypriot

Medium:

Steatite

Extent:

0.49 in. (1.24 cm)

11. Cylinder seal 0.53 in. (1.35 cm)

Date:

-2600 - -2350
ca. 2600–2350 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Early Dynastic III

Medium:

Limestone

Extent:

0.53 in. (1.35 cm)

12. Cylinder seal 0.53 in. (1.35 cm)

Date:

-1900 - -1500
ca. 19th–16th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Old Babylonian

Medium:

Hematite

Extent:

0.53 in. (1.35 cm)