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An intaglio object made of black limestone in the shape of a cylinder. There is an engraved figure of a standing, thin bearded man. On the left are more engraved lines that wrap around the back. The right has straight, engraved lines that are close together.

Cylinder Seal: Combat Scenes

Mesopotamian

Seal of the Companions of the Cave (Seal of the Seven Sleepers) (recto), Seal of Qur'anic Healing (Muhr Shifa') (verso) folio 79 from an An`am-i Sharif

Seal of the Companions of the Cave (Seal of the Seven Sleepers) (recto), Seal of Qur'anic Healing (Muhr Shifa') (verso) folio 79 from an An`am-i Sharif

Ottoman

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Horseman Spearing a Falling Man

Scaraboid Stamp Seal: Horseman Spearing a Falling Man

Achaemenid

Portrait of a seated young Japanese woman in a red kimono faces and looks to the right.

Before the Mirror, 1898 - 1972

Itō Shinsui

Vertical scene looking out a window with Mt. Fuji in the distance, a cat sits on the sill looking out.

Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival (Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi mōde), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1797 - 1858

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Seal of the Imperial Kommerkia of the Strategia of the Thrakesioi

Seal of the Imperial Kommerkia of the Strategia of the Thrakesioi, r. 717-720; co-r. 720-741

Leo III

Cylinder Seal with Archer and Winged Creature

Cylinder Seal with Archer and Winged Creature

Neo-Assyrian

Cylinder Seal with Goats Flanking a Tree

Cylinder Seal with Goats Flanking a Tree

Neo-Assyrian

Cylinder Seal with Two Worshippers and Deity

Cylinder Seal with Two Worshippers and Deity

Neo-Assyrian

Conical Lead Seal with Cruciform(?) Monogram

Conical Lead Seal with Cruciform(?) Monogram

Byzantine

Conical Lead Seal with Quatrefoil Motif

Conical Lead Seal with Quatrefoil Motif

Byzantine

Conical Lead Seal with Pentagram Motif

Conical Lead Seal with Pentagram Motif

Byzantine

Jade Seal with a Chain of Two Rings

Jade Seal with a Chain of Two Rings

Chinese

SMALL SQUARE SEAL (TURTLE HANDLE)

SMALL SQUARE SEAL (TURTLE HANDLE)

Chinese

Small Cylinder Seal with Geometric Motif

Small Cylinder Seal with Geometric Motif

Uruk

Squat Cylinder Seal with Geometric Motif

Squat Cylinder Seal with Geometric Motif

Uruk

Seal of Niketas of Medikion (X c.)

Seal of Niketas of Medikion (X c.)

Byzantine

Seal of the Virgin of Chrysopolis (XI c.)

Seal of the Virgin of Chrysopolis (XI c.)

Byzantine

Breaking of the Fifth and Sixth Seals

Breaking of the Fifth and Sixth Seals, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Cylinder seal with standing human figure

Cylinder seal with standing human figure

Anatolian

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