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  2. Ancient Near Eastern seals and sealing practices - Wikipedia

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    Clay bulla impressed with the seal of Barnamtarra, wife of Lugalanda, ensi (ruler) of Lagash. Early Dynastic III, c. 2400 BC. Found in Telloh (ancient Girsu) Two main types of seals were used in the Ancient Near East, the stamp seal and the cylinder seal. Stamp seals first appeared in 'administrative' contexts in central and northern ...

  3. Ancient City Seals - Wikipedia

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    Sealings with "city seals" from the Uruk III period (c. 3100-2900 BC), were found at Jemdet Nasr. [4] Subsequently another, illicitly excavated, tablet was identified as coming from Tell Uqair (ancient Urum) bearing the same seal at those from Jemdet Nasr. A single sealing, used to seal a door, was also found at Uruk. [5]

  4. Seal of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The design of the Great Seal of the State of Ohio is defined in Ohio Revised Code section 5.10: . The great seal of the state shall be two and one-half inches in diameter and shall consist of the coat of arms of the state within a circle having a diameter of one and three-fourths inches, surrounded by the words "THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF OHIO" in news gothic capitals.

  5. 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.

  6. World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in ...

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    A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest writing system, according to new research.

  7. History of Sumer - Wikipedia

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    The history of Sumer spans through the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumer was the region's earliest known civilization and ended with the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2004 BCE.

  8. Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia) - Wikipedia

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    Cylinder seal and modern impression bull-man, bearded hero, and lion contest frieze,c. 2600–2350 B.C. Early Dynastic III. Cylinder seals were used to authenticate documents like sales and to control access by sealing a lump of clay on doors of storage rooms. The use of cylinder seals increased significantly during the ED period, suggesting an ...

  9. Laurence Waddell - Wikipedia

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    Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered discovering Sumerians of Indus Valley as Phoenicians, Barats, Goths & famous Vedic Aryans 3100-2300 B.C. (1925) Sumer-Aryan Dictionary. An Etymological Lexicon of the English and other Aryan Languages Ancient and Modern and the Sumerian Origin of Egyptian and its Hieroglyphs (1927)