Cylinder seal: yellow limestone, large [crossed out on card], guilloche patterns [crossed out on card], Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Condition - Damaged area in center. Borders of zig-zag; double ellipses in center. Yellow limestone] [Handwritten on card: Condition - worn, chipped on one side. Row of two lozenges, each with lozenge inscribed (sys?) and cross-hatched triangles, enclosed by parallel lines, broken on one side, top and bottom: zig zag. bordered on outside by line parallel to the edge of the sealstone. Style: Jamdat Nasr period. References: Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, Oriental Institute Publications, 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, #211 (Jamdat Nasr - Khafaje), #833 (Jamdat Nasr - Asmar)]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Jemdet Nasr (ca. 3100–2900 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cylinder seals
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 26 millimeters and length 35 millimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #20: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Margaret Perkins (November 6, 1972–November 7, 1972)