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First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East

by Dominique Collon

The Ancient Near East has a fascinating and unique source of pictorial information in the form of miniature reliefs produced by the impressions of cylinder seals. This is the most comprehensive introductory survey of cylinder seals yet published.

The small cylinders, generally of stone and engraved with a design, were made from about 3300 to 300 BC and were rolled out on lumps of clay used for sealing goods and writing tablets, leaving an impression in relief. The designs on them are intricate and varied and are a major source of information for the art historian, the student of theology and the Biblical scholar. They are also a dating tool for the archaeologist and a source of aesthetic pleasure for collectors and all who study them. The author considers the history of their use and the evidence they provide for trade, technology, religion, architecture, farming, warfare and other central themes in the history of the Near East. 208p, b/w illus. (British Museum Press 2006)


Paperback. Price US $30.00
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"One may say that no one interested in the iconography and iconology of the Ancient Near East in general can do without her First Impressions."

Diederik J.W. Meijer
Babesch 83 (2008)

"...a book which, within the modest compass of some two hundred pages, manages to be the definitive study of this subject."

The New Criterion (2006)


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