Cylinder seal

Museum number:
9-5252
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005252
Alternate number:
48 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Cylinder seal: long black stone [long black stone crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: metamorphic stone with serpentine], double register, upper, aquatic birds [aquatic birds crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: swimming ducks] on water in file, lower, scorpions. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card: metamorphic stone with serpentine, greenish black. 31.5 x 8 mm. Three parallel lines in middle represents water. Below register of two scorpions or crayfish (?) above register of two birds swimming. Style: Jemdet Nasr. References: Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #192, #848 for scorpion - Jemdat Nasr, #982 for birds - Akkadian] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Akkadian/post-Akkadian. 31 x 8.5mm. References: Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian collection, New Haven, no. 561 & no. 492; Legrain, L. 1929. Gem cutters in ancient Ur, Philadelphia, Pa: The Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (Sept-Dec.) ]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Jemdet Nasr (ca. 3100–2900 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 8.5 millimeters and length 31 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5252, described as Cylinder seal: long black stone [long black stone crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: metamorphic stone with serpentine], double register, upper, aquatic birds [aquatic birds crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: swimming ducks] on water in file, lower, scorpions. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card: metamorphic stone with serpentine, greenish black. 31.5 x 8 mm. Three parallel lines in middle represents water. Below register of two scorpions or crayfish (?) above register of two birds swimming. Style: Jemdet Nasr. References: Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #192, #848 for scorpion - Jemdat Nasr, #982 for birds - Akkadian] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Akkadian/post-Akkadian. 31 x 8.5mm. References: Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian collection, New Haven, no. 561 & no. 492; Legrain, L. 1929. Gem cutters in ancient Ur, Philadelphia, Pa: The Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (Sept-Dec.) ]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5252, described as Cylinder seal: long black stone [long black stone crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: metamorphic stone with serpentine], double register, upper, aquatic birds [aquatic birds crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: swimming ducks] on water in file, lower, scorpions. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card: metamorphic stone with serpentine, greenish black. 31.5 x 8 mm. Three parallel lines in middle represents water. Below register of two scorpions or crayfish (?) above register of two birds swimming. Style: Jemdet Nasr. References: Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #192, #848 for scorpion - Jemdat Nasr, #982 for birds - Akkadian] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Akkadian/post-Akkadian. 31 x 8.5mm. References: Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian collection, New Haven, no. 561 & no. 492; Legrain, L. 1929. Gem cutters in ancient Ur, Philadelphia, Pa: The Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (Sept-Dec.) ]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5252, described as Cylinder seal: long black stone [long black stone crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: metamorphic stone with serpentine], double register, upper, aquatic birds [aquatic birds crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: swimming ducks] on water in file, lower, scorpions. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card: metamorphic stone with serpentine, greenish black. 31.5 x 8 mm. Three parallel lines in middle represents water. Below register of two scorpions or crayfish (?) above register of two birds swimming. Style: Jemdet Nasr. References: Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #192, #848 for scorpion - Jemdat Nasr, #982 for birds - Akkadian] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Akkadian/post-Akkadian. 31 x 8.5mm. References: Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian collection, New Haven, no. 561 & no. 492; Legrain, L. 1929. Gem cutters in ancient Ur, Philadelphia, Pa: The Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (Sept-Dec.) ]

Tools