Proto-Dynastic period : Cylinder seals and impressions, end of the 4th millennium BC

Strommenger, Eva; Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Proto-Dynastic period : Cylinder seals and impressions, end of the 4th millennium BC

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Collections	Arthur Llewellyn Basham
Title:	Proto-Dynastic period : Cylinder seals and impressions, end of the 4th millennium BC
Author(s):	Strommenger, Eva Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
Keywords:	Mesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian period;seals;stone;book scan
Description:	Upper row left : Cylinder seals in chip-carving style, bracite, 4.7 cm high (British Museum) geometrical pattern of sharply carved lines quatrefoils and tree-like stylised triangles empty parts on upper edge filled in with circles hollowed out with drill-like instrument. Upper row right : Scapolite seals in Brocade Style, typical of late proto-dynastic period the bodies of quadrupeds consist of 2 opposed curved lines, engraved with chisel only ornaments are evenly distributed all over the seal surface. Central row left : Calcite, 6.5 cm high engraved quatrefoil pattern interpsersed with circles. Central row right : Reddish marble, 1.7 cm high spider pattern, hollowed out mainly with drill, is fairly common and should be dated to end of Early sumerian or beginning of proto-dynastic. Bottom row : Haematite, 7 cm high more massive animal bodies than on previous one.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/201407
Other Identifiers:	ANUA 682-4112

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