Stone cylinder seal, beginning of the 2nd millennium B.C., Musée du Louvre

Cylinder seals

Material: Piedras | Type: Sellos/Pintaderas | Countries: Irak

  • Period

    Pre-Islamic

  • Red List

    Lista Roja de Emergencia – Iraq (2003)

Category

Cylinder seals
Cylinder seals of stone, shell, frit, etc. These look like large cylindrical beads with pictures engraved on them, and often a cuneiform inscription. They range in length from 2 to 7 cm, and in diameter from 1 to 3 cm.
© RMN/Franck Raux