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

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dc.contributor.authorStrommenger, Eva
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialMesopotamia
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T04:52:19Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T04:52:19Z
dc.date.created1964
dc.identifierANUA 682-4112
dc.identifier.otherWA-28
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/201407
dc.descriptionUpper row left : Cylinder seals in chip-carving style, bracite, 4.7 cm high (British Museum)
dc.descriptiongeometrical pattern of sharply carved lines
dc.descriptionquatrefoils and tree-like stylised triangles
dc.descriptionempty 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
dc.descriptionthe bodies of quadrupeds consist of 2 opposed curved lines, engraved with chisel only
dc.descriptionornaments are evenly distributed all over the seal surface. Central row left : Calcite, 6.5 cm high
dc.descriptionengraved quatrefoil pattern interpsersed with circles. Central row right : Reddish marble, 1.7 cm high
dc.descriptionspider 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
dc.descriptionmore massive animal bodies than on previous one.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.subjectMesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian period
dc.subjectseals
dc.subjectstone
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleProto-Dynastic period : Cylinder seals and impressions, end of the 4th millennium BC
dc.typeImage
local.description.notesSource : Eva Strommenger, The Art of Mesopotamia, translated by Christina Haglund, London, Thames & Hudson, 1964, Illustration 40
dc.date.updated2020-02-06T04:52:19Z
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2020
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
CollectionsArthur Llewellyn Basham

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