1. Cylinder Seal

Date:

c. 2700 BC
-2750
-2650

Geographic region:

Iraq
Ur

Medium:

Shell

Extent:

2.9
cm
1.6

2. Cylinder Seal

Date:

c. 2700 BC
-2750
-2650

Geographic region:

Iraq
Ur

Medium:

Shell

Extent:

2.9
cm
1.4

3. Cylinder Seal

Date:

c. 2700 BC
-2750
-2650

Geographic region:

Iraq
Ur
Diqdiqqeh

Medium:

Steatite

Extent:

3.5
cm
0.8

4. Cylinder seal 0.75 in. (1.91 cm)

Date:

-2700 - -2600
ca. 2700–2600 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Ctesiphon

Time period:

Early Dynastic II

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.75 in. (1.91 cm)

5. Cylinder seal 0.79 x 0.43 in. (2.01 x 1.09 cm)

Date:

-3500 - -2500
mid 4th-mid 3rd Millennium BC

Geographic region:

Syria

Time period:

Early Bronze Age

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.79 x 0.43 in. (2.01 x 1.09 cm)

6. Cylinder seal 0.88 in. (2.24 cm)

Date:

-2900 - -2700
ca. 2900–2700 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Early Dynastic I

Medium:

Serpentine

Extent:

0.88 in. (2.24 cm)

7. Cylinder seal 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. (2.9 x 1.9 cm)

Date:

-2700 - -2600
ca. 2700–2600 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Early Dynastic II

Medium:

Marble, pink

Extent:

1 1/8 x 3/4 in. (2.9 x 1.9 cm)

8. Cylinder seal 1.3 in. (3.3 cm)

Date:

-2900 - -2700
ca. 2900–2700 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Early Dynastic I

Medium:

Chlorite (?)

Extent:

1.3 in. (3.3 cm)

9. Cylinder seal 1.06 in. (2.69 cm)

Date:

-2900 - -2700
ca. 2900–2700 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Early Dynastic I

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

1.06 in. (2.69 cm)

10. Cylinder seal 1.12 in. (2.84 cm)

Date:

-2700 - -2600
ca. 2700–2600 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Early Dynastic II

Medium:

Marble

Extent:

1.12 in. (2.84 cm)

11. Cylinder seal 1.18 in. (3 cm)

Date:

-2900 - -2700
ca. 2900–2700 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia or Syria

Time period:

Early Dynastic I

Medium:

Bone

Extent:

1.18 in. (3 cm)

12. Cylinder seal 1.24 in. (3.15 cm)

Date:

-2900 - -2700
ca. 2900–2700 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Early Dynastic I

Medium:

Chalcedony (?)

Extent:

1.24 in. (3.15 cm)