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+ | [[Main keywords]]: economic and social life; seals\\ | ||
+ | Secondary: arts and crafts; jewellery; stone | ||
==== Introduction ==== | ==== Introduction ==== | ||
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For more than three millennia cylinder seals, which appear to have originated in Southern Mesopotamia or Western Iran, were in constant use across most of the eastern Mediterranean, | For more than three millennia cylinder seals, which appear to have originated in Southern Mesopotamia or Western Iran, were in constant use across most of the eastern Mediterranean, | ||
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* [[Seal inscriptions]] | * [[Seal inscriptions]] | ||
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+ | * [[List of physical seals with original impressions]] | ||
* [[Major collections of seals]] | * [[Major collections of seals]] | ||
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Online resources for the study of Mesopotamian stamp and cylinder seals are difficult to come by, even though this small administrative tool has played a very substantial role in the development of writing, and in the smooth functioning of advanced ancient societies. Often seals come with incised legends naming the owner, his profession or educational standing, his patronymic and, looking up in the Mesopotamian hierarchy, his administrative affiliations. | Online resources for the study of Mesopotamian stamp and cylinder seals are difficult to come by, even though this small administrative tool has played a very substantial role in the development of writing, and in the smooth functioning of advanced ancient societies. Often seals come with incised legends naming the owner, his profession or educational standing, his patronymic and, looking up in the Mesopotamian hierarchy, his administrative affiliations. | ||
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[[Seals_bibliographies|read more]] | [[Seals_bibliographies|read more]] | ||
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