Cylinder Seals: Printing the Mesopotamian Way
Cylinder seals were primarily an administrative tool and could be worn as jewelry as well when a string was placed through the whole.
The first cylinder seals from Mesopotamia were about 3,500BC and they were used for about 3,000 years. Your cylinder seal was unique to you. Cylinder seals became more complex as the cuneiform writing system continued to develop and more written expressions were needed.
Write like a Babylonian!
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Guest post written by Allison Miller, ROMKids Educator. Last update: January 3, 2013.
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