Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper before a seated ruler or deity; seated female under a grape arbor, Old Elamite, ca. early 2nd millennium B.C., Iran, Elamite, Serpentine, 1.3 in. (3.3 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, worshiper, seated ruler, deity, female under, grape arbor, Old Elamite, ca, early 2nd millennium B.C, Iran, Elamite, Serpentine, 1.3, 3.3 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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