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  2. Ancient Near Eastern seals and sealing practices - Wikipedia

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    Clay bulla impressed with the seal of Barnamtarra, wife of Lugalanda, ensi (ruler) of Lagash. Early Dynastic III, c. 2400 BC. Found in Telloh (ancient Girsu) Two main types of seals were used in the Ancient Near East, the stamp seal and the cylinder seal. Stamp seals first appeared in 'administrative' contexts in central and northern ...

  3. Cylinder seal - Wikipedia

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    First Impressions, Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, (British Museum Press, London), 1987, 2005. Very comprehensive and up to date account, with many illustrations. The author has compiled several of the volumes cataloging the collection of cylinder seals in the British Museum. Collon, Dominique.

  4. Art of Uruk - Wikipedia

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    [13]: 212 Uruk was the first civilization to make use of cylinder seals, a practice that would eventually permeate the entirety of the ancient Near East, as well as Bronze Age Greece. [1]: 54 Cylinder seals were used by individuals and were a marker of one's identity as they acted as a signature and were used for officiating documents.

  5. Bulla (seal) - Wikipedia

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    A bulla (or clay envelope) and its contents on display at the Louvre. Uruk period (4000–3100 BC).. A bulla (Medieval Latin for "a round seal", from Classical Latin bulla, "bubble, blob"; plural bullae) is an inscribed clay, soft metal (lead or tin), bitumen, or wax token used in commercial and legal documentation as a form of authentication and for tamper-proofing whatever is attached to it ...

  6. Seal (emblem) - Wikipedia

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    Good Impressions: Image and Authority in Medieval Seals. British Museum Research Publications 168. London: British Museum. ISBN 978-0-86159-168-8. Ameri, Marta; Costello, Sarah Kielt; Jamison, Gregg; Scott, Sarah Jarmer, eds. (2018). Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World: case studies from the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, and South Asia ...

  7. Rare ancient seal with winged "genie" discovered in Jerusalem

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    A rare stone seal that dates back millennia has been found in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday. The black stone seal has been dated back 2,700 years and was found near the ...

  8. Adam and Eve cylinder seal - Wikipedia

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    The Adam and Eve cylinder seal, also known as the "temptation seal", is a small stone cylinder of post-Akkadian origin, dating from about 2200 to 2100 BC. The seal depicts two seated figures, a tree, and a serpent, and was formerly believed to evince some connection with Adam and Eve from the Book of Genesis .

  9. Lansing gets restraining order over use of city seal - AOL

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    A judge granted a temporary restraining order against Michael Lynn, a former Lansing firefighter who attempted to use the city's seal.