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Science - Archaeology / archaeology | | French term or phrase: sceaux-cylindres | | Un millénaire avant la constitution de l'empire d'Akkad, plusieurs siècles avant les tombes d'Ur, certaines scènes figurées sur des 'sceaux-cylindres' de la civilisation d'Uruk ne laissent aucun doute sur la cruauté des souverains. |
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Such relations between the populations of northern Mesopotamia and Elam are also reflected in the numerous Mitannian or Hurrian-style cylinder seals found at various sites in Iran. Only at Susa and in its immediate vicinity, where local Susian seal-cutters established a distinctive Elamite tradition was there a pronounced scarcity of seals of Mitannian or Hurrian style in the excavations.
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6 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 cylinder seals
Explanation:
Such relations between the populations of northern Mesopotamia and Elam are also reflected in the numerous Mitannian or Hurrian-style cylinder seals found at various sites in Iran. Only at Susa and in its immediate vicinity, where local Susian seal-cutters established a distinctive Elamite tradition was there a pronounced scarcity of seals of Mitannian or Hurrian style in the excavations.
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Note added at 2002-10-17 15:40:29 (GMT)
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Mesopotamia: civilization, language, script, cylinder seals and clay tablets Next
(Seals from Ur, Mesopotamia). ... Cylinder seals are a typical Sumerian invention. ...
Link to Scientific Research Text Pages. Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals. Cylinder seals were first made in Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, soon after 3500 BC. ...
| Francis MARC
Local time: 19:02
Native speaker of:  French
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