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2. Cylinder seal - Wikipedia

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   The cylinder seals themselves are typically made from hardstones, and some are a form of engraved gem.They may also use glass or ceramics, like Egyptian faience.Many varieties of material such as hematite, obsidian, steatite, amethyst, lapis lazuli and carnelian were used to make cylinder seals.

3. Ancient Near Eastern seals and sealing practices - Wikipedia

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   Contest scenes, presentation scenes, figure holding a mace, deity with scimitar, and nude female. Less introduction scenes. Commonly mixture of elements from different scenes. Two figures flanking the inscription on Late Old Babylonian seals. Cylinder seals: straight, average height: 2.5-3.0 cm; "burgul" seals not attested after the 18th ...

4. Category : Cylinder and impression seals in archaeology

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   Pages in category "Cylinder and impression seals in archaeology" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.

5. Seal (emblem) - Wikipedia

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   The seal-making device is also referred to as the seal matrix or die; the imprint it creates as the seal impression (or, more rarely, the sealing). [1] If the impression is made purely as a relief resulting from the greater pressure on the paper where the high parts of the matrix touch, the seal is known as a dry seal ; in other cases ink or ...

6. Brand - Wikipedia

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   Seals, which acted as quasi-brands, have been found on early Chinese products of the Qin dynasty (221-206 BCE); large numbers of seals survive from the Harappan civilization of the Indus Valley (3,300–1,300 BCE) where the local community depended heavily on trade; cylinder seals came into use in Ur in Mesopotamia in around 3,000 BCE, and ...

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8. Adam and Eve cylinder seal - Wikipedia

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   The Adam and Eve cylinder seal, also known as the "temptation seal", is a small stone cylinder of post-Akkadian origin, dating from about 2200 to 2100 BC. The seal depicts two seated figures, a tree, and a serpent, and was formerly believed to evince some connection with Adam and Eve from the Book of Genesis. It is now seen as a conventional ...

9. History of printing - Wikipedia

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   The history of printing starts as early as 3000 BCE, when the proto-Elamite and Sumerian civilizations used cylinder seals to certify documents written in clay tablets. Other early forms include block seals, hammered coinage, pottery imprints, and cloth printing.