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Rock Crystal Cylinder Seal, Neo-Sumerian period

Item Number:
Pyne 67
Collection Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Dates:
Neo-Sumerian period
Located In:
Box 3
Languages:
Samaritan Aramaic
Scope and Contents

Introduction to the king. The king sits on a high-backed chair rather than the typical royal throne. Both the king and the worshipper wear the fringed garment, while the introducing goddess wears a pleated garment. The back of the king's chair was erased along with an inscription, of which a few traces remain.

Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Credit this material:

Rock Crystal Cylinder Seal; Stone Seals Collection, C0849, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
Firestone Library (mss): Box 3
System Identifier:
/repositories/5/archival_objects/894824

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The Manuscripts Division holds a total of 244 stone seals from Mesopotamia, Syria, and other areas of the ancient Near East. The seals are in three collections, respectively assembled and donated by Moses Taylor Pyne (1855-1921), Class of 1877; Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Class of 1897; and Edward D. Balken (1874-1960), Class of 1897. The seals range in age from Sumerian and Akkadian examples of the 2nd and 3rd millennia BCE to Persian examples of the pre-Islamic Sassanian period. The stone seals are primarily cylinder seals and stamp seals carved from hematite, serpentine, steatite, chalcedony, chlorite, lapis lazuli, quartz, and other varieties of stone.

Superscripts are displayed in curly braces.

Collection History

Archival Appraisal Information:

No appraisal information is available.

Access & Use

Access Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Conditions for Reproduction and Use:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

Rock Crystal Cylinder Seal; Stone Seals Collection, C0849, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Storage Note:
Firestone Library (mss): Box 3