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Stamp Seal With Geometric Motif
UnknownUruk Period, 3700-3100 BC
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States
Early stamp seals often had geometric designs. They were impressed on wet clay and used to protect storerooms and containers. Stamp seals were in use in Mesopotamia from the 7th millennium to the 4th millennium BC, when they were replaced by cylinder seals.
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Details
- Title: Stamp Seal With Geometric Motif
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Uruk Period, 3700-3100 BC
- Physical Location: Chicago, IL
- Location Created: Chogha Mish, Iran
- Physical Dimensions: H: 2.9 x L: 2.5 x W: 2.6 cm
- Type: Seal, Stamp
- Rights: © ISAC Museum
- External Link: Exhibit Catalog: Visible Language (Cat. No. 2), D. 9200, ISACM A32353, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
- Medium: Clay, Baked
- Photographer: Anna R. Ressman
- Photograph Registration Number: D. 9200
- Object Registration Number: ISACM A32353
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