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Cylinder Seal With Scribe, Priests, And Part Of A Boat

Late Uruk period, 3350-3100 BC

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States

This partially broken seal depicts an administrative scene involving temple personnel (recognizable by their clean-shaven heads), perhaps a delivery of supplies by boat. According to Pittman (1994b), the seated figure at the left of the scene is to be identified as a scribe, holding a pair of styli over a pile of tablets.

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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum

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