1. Cylinder seal 0.49 in. (1.24 cm)

Date:

-2000 - -1750
ca. 2000–1750 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Isin-Larsa

Medium:

Hematite

Extent:

0.49 in. (1.24 cm)

2. Cylinder seal 0.51 in. (1.3 cm)

Date:

-3000 - -500
n.d.a.

Geographic region:

Egypt (?)

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.51 in. (1.3 cm)

3. Cylinder seal 0.63 in. (1.6 cm)

Date:

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

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Old Babylonian

Medium:

Amethyst

Extent:

0.63 in. (1.6 cm)

4. Cylinder seal 0.67 in. (1.7 cm)

Date:

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

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Old Babylonian

Medium:

Hematite (?)

Extent:

0.67 in. (1.7 cm)

5. Cylinder seal 0.71 in. (1.8 cm)

Date:

-2112 - -2004
ca. 2112–2004 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Ur III

Medium:

Lapis lazuli

Extent:

0.71 in. (1.8 cm)

6. Cylinder seal 0.75 in. (1.91 cm)

Date:

-1800 - -1600
ca. 18th–17th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Southwestern Iran

Time period:

Old Elamite

Medium:

Hematite

Extent:

0.75 in. (1.91 cm)

7. Cylinder seal 0.75 in. (1.91 cm)

Date:

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

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Old Babylonian

Medium:

Steatite (?), black

Extent:

0.75 in. (1.91 cm)

8. Cylinder seal 0.81 in. (2.06 cm)

Date:

-1480 - -1450
ca. 1480–1450 B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Middle Elamite

Medium:

Rock crystal

Extent:

0.81 in. (2.06 cm)

9. Cylinder seal 0.82 in. (2.08 cm)

Date:

-1500 - -1500
ca. 1500 B.C.

Geographic region:

Levant

Time period:

Late Bronze Age

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.82 in. (2.08 cm)

10. Cylinder seal 0.83 in. (2.11 cm)

Date:

-1600 - -1400
ca. 16th–15th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Time period:

Mitanni

Medium:

Hematite

Extent:

0.83 in. (2.11 cm)

11. Cylinder seal 0.87 in. (2.21 cm)

Date:

-1900 - -1700
ca. 19th–18th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Southwestern Iran

Time period:

Old Elamite

Medium:

Steatite or chlorite

Extent:

0.87 in. (2.21 cm)

12. Cylinder seal 0.94 in. (2.39 cm)

Date:

-1961 - -1840
ca. mid-20th–mid-19th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Egypt

Time period:

Middle Kingdom

Medium:

Apatite, yellow white

Extent:

0.94 in. (2.39 cm)