Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene, Akkadian, ca. 2250–2150 B.C., Mesopotamia, Akkadian, Chert, H. 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm), Stone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribed, In ancient Mesopotamia, a cylinder-shaped seal could be rolled on a variety of objects made of clay. When seals were impressed on tablets or tablet cases the seal impressions served to identify the authority responsible for what was written in the documents, much as a signature does today
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