Cylinder seal and modern impression: royal worshiper before a god on a throne; human-headed bulls below, Old Syrian, ca. 1820–1730 B.C., Syria, Hematite, H. 0.8 in. (2 cm), Stone-Cylinder Seals, Although engraved stones had been used as early as the seventh millennium B.C. to stamp impressions in clay, the invention in the fourth millennium B.C. of carved cylinders that could be rolled over clay allowed the development of more complex seal designs
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Cylinder seal, modern impression, royal worshiper, god, throne, human-headed bulls, Old Syrian, ca, 1820–1730 B.C, Syria, Hematite, H, 0.8, 2 cm, Stone-Cylinder Seals, engraved, stones, early, seventh millennium, B.C, stamp impressions, clay, invention, fourth, carved cylinders, rolled, clay allowed, development, complex, designs
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